GLOSSARY OF QUOTATIONS 



NOT TRANSLATED IN THE TEXT 



by John Warrington 



{Numbers refer to pages) 



No attempt has been made to check the accuracy of Bacon's qxiotations or 

 that of the editor's footnote references. The Latin and Greek are simply 

 translated (or, when more convenient, paraphrased) as they occur in the 

 text, for the benefit of readers who know neither language. 



2. Augusto profluens. Proceeding from Augustus, as befitting a prince, 



it was " eloquence." 

 4. Scientia inflat. Knowledge puffeth up. 

 7. Lumen siccum. A dry light. 



Lumen siccum optima anima {avyfi ftjpi) ipi^x'f) acxfxoTdm). A dry light is 



the best soul. 

 Lumen madidum. A moist or crumpled light. 



Mi) Taxi)s. Do not be in a hurry to open Heraclitus' book. The 



Ephesian's work is very hard going. It is unrelieved darkness 



unless an initiate guide your steps, and then it is brighter than the 



sun. 



adn ipvxii aocjxjiT&Tn. A radiant soul is the wisest. 



9. Tu regere. Do thou, Roman, remember to govern the nations — these 



shall be thine arts . . . 

 13. Quidam tam sunt. Some men are so wrapped up in study that they 

 reckon anything straightforward to be complicated. 



16. CcBterum aut me amor. Either I am deluded by love of my subject, or 



else there never was a State greater, hol'er, or richer in good 

 examples; nor one which luxury entered so late; nor again one in 

 which poverty and thrift were held for so long in such high honour. 



Verum hcBC. But all these evils, together with the honour paid to 

 wealth, will cease when public office and other things commonly 

 desired are no longer for sale. 



Qui festinat. He that hasteth after riches shall not be guiltless. 



Eo ipso. They were conspicuous by the very fact of their being 

 invisible. 



17. Quo meliores. They are worse [men] in proportion as they are better 



[Jesuits]. 

 Talis quum sis. Seeing what you are, I could wish you one of us. 



18. Non ad vetera. Not harking back to ancient institutions which have 



long since been brought into contempt by debased morality. 

 Cato optime sentit. Cato has some excellent ideas; nevertheless he 



does harm to the State, because he talks as though he lived in 



Plato's Republic and not in the filth of Rome. 

 Isti ipsi prcBceptores. The very teachers and professors of virtue 



appear to have extended its frontiers a little farther than nature 



intended, so that, when our minds reach the limit, we may fairly 



call a halt. 

 Monilis sum. I am unequal to my own admonitions. 

 20. Satis magnum. We are a sufficiently large theatre for one another. 

 24. Execrablis ista. This mob is hateful that knoweth not the law. 

 Decern annos. I have spent ten years reading Cicero. 

 <S»^ [Gk], asing [Lat.]. You ass! 

 Secundum majus. More or less [adverbially]. 

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