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BACON 



For 



JUSTICE 



Against 



Power and policy are but the 

 appendages of justice; for if jus- 

 tice could be otherwise executed, 

 there were no need of them. 



It is owing to justice that man 

 to man is a god, not a wolf. 



Though justice cannot extirpate 

 vice, it keeps it under. 



If justice consist in doing to 

 another what we would have done 

 to ourselves, then mercy is jus- 

 tice. 



If everyone must receive his 

 due, then surely mortals must re- 

 ceive pardon. 



The common justice of a nation, 

 like a philosopher at court, ren- 

 ders rulers awful. 



KNOWLEDGE AND 

 For 



That pleasure only is according 

 to nature, which never cloys. 



The sweetest prospect is that 

 below, into the errors of others. 



It is best to have the orbits of 

 the mind concentric with those of 

 the universe. 



All depraved affections are false 

 valuations, but goodness and 

 truth are ever the same. 



CONTEMPLATION 

 Against 



A contemplative life is but a 

 specious laziness. 



To think well is little better than 

 to dream well. 



Divine Providence regards the 

 world, but man regards only his 

 country. 



A political man sows even his 

 thoughts. 



For 



It is not expounding, but divin- 

 ing, to recede from the letter of 

 the law. 



To leave the letter of the law 

 makes the judge a legislator. 



LAW Against 



Generals are to be construed so 

 as to explain particulars. 



The worst tyranny is law upon 

 the rack. 



For 



LEARNING 



Against 



To write books upon minute 

 particulars were to render expe- 

 rience almost useless. 



Reading is conversing with the 

 wise, but acting is generally con- 

 versing with fools. 



Sciences of little significance in 

 themselves may sharpen the wit 

 and marshal the thoughts. 



Men in universities are taught 

 to believe. 



What art ever taught the sea- 

 sonable use of art? 



To be wise by precept and wise 

 by experience are contrary habits, 

 the one sorts not with the other. 



A vain use is made of art, lest 

 it should otherwise be unem- 

 ployed. 



It is the way of scholars to show 

 all they know and oppose further 

 information. 



