ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING 



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For 



ENVY 



Against 



It is natural to hate those who 

 reproach us. 



Envy in a state is like a whole- 

 some severity. 



Envy has no holidays. 



Death alone reconciles envy to 

 virtue. 



Envy puts virtue to the trial, as 

 Juno did Hercules. 



EVIDENCE AGAINST ARGUMENTS 



For 



To rely upon arguments is the 

 part of a pleader, not a judge. 



He who is swayed more by ar- 

 guments than testimony, trusts 

 more to wit than sense. 



Arguments might be trusted, if 

 men committed no absurdities. 



Arguments against testimonies 

 make the case appear strange, but 

 not true. 



Against 



If evidence were to prevail 

 against arguments, a judge would 

 need no sense but his hearing. 



Arguments are an antidote 

 against the poison of testimonies. 



Those proofs are safest believed 

 which seldomest deceive. 



For FACILITY Against 



Give me the man who complies Facility is want of judgment 



The good offices of easy natures 

 seem debts, and their denials, in- 

 juries. 



He thanks only himself who 

 prevails upon an easy man. 



All difficulties oppress a yield- 

 ing nature, for he is engaged in 

 all. 



Easy natures seldom come off 



to another's humor without flat- 

 tery. 



The flexible man comes nearest 

 to the nature of gold. 



.with credit 



For 



FLATTERY 



Against 



Flattery proceeds from custom Flattery is the style of a slave. 



rather than ill design. 



To convey instruction with 

 praise is a form due to the great 



Flattery is the varnish of vice. 



Flattery is fowling with a bird- 

 call. 



The deformity of flattery is 

 comedy; but the injury, tragedy. 



To convey good counsel is a 

 hard task. 



For FORTITUDE Against 



Nothing is terrible but fear it- A strange virtue that, to desire 



self. to destroy, to secure destruction. 



Pleasure and virtue lose their A goodly virtue truly, which 



nature where fear disquiets. even drunkenness can cause. 



