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ADVANCEMENT OP LEARNING. 



[book VI. 



When things hang wavering, 

 mark them, and work when they 

 incline. 



Commit the beginning of actions 

 to Argus, with his hundred eyes, 

 the end to Briareus, with his hun- 

 dred hands. 



Dispatch is Pluto's helmet. 

 Things undertaken speedily ar« 

 easily performed. 



For, 



DISSIMULATION. 



Against. 



Dissimulation is a short wisdom. 



We are not all to say, though 

 we all intend, the same thing. 



Nakedness, even in the mind, is 

 uncomely. 



Dissimulation is both a gi'ace 

 and a guard. 



Dissimulation is the bulwark at 

 counsels. 



Some fall a prey to fair dealing. 



The open dealer deceives as well 

 as the dissembler ; ior many either 

 do not understand him or not be- 

 lieve him. 



Open dealing is a weakness of 

 mind. 



I' or. EM 



To enjoy happiness is a great 

 blessing, but to conler it a greater. 



Kings are more like stars than 

 men, for they have a powerlul in- 

 fluence. 



To resist God's vicegerents is to 

 war against heaven. 



If we cannot think justly, at 

 least let us speak as we think. 



In shallow politicians, dissimu- 

 lation goes for wisdom. 



The dissembler loses a principal 

 instrument of action, belief. 



Dissimulation invites dissimula- 

 tion. 



The dissembler is a slave. 



RE. Against. 



It is a miserable state to have 

 few things to desire and many to 

 fear. 



Princes, like the celestial bodies, 

 have much veneration but no rest. 



Mortals are admitted to Jupi- 

 ter's table only ior sport. 



For. ENVY. 



It is natural to hate those who 

 reproach us. 



Envy in a state is like a whole 

 «ome severity. 



Against. 



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, trusta 

 more to wit than sense. 



Arguments might be trusted, if 

 men committed no absurdities 



Against. 



If evidence were to prevail 

 against arguments, a judge would 

 need no sense but his hearing. 



Arguments are an antidote 

 i^ainst the poison of testimonies. 



Those proofs are safest believed 

 which seldomest deceive. 



