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ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING. [bOOK VI. 



For. LAW, 



It is not expounding, b'at divin- 

 ing, to recede from the letter of 

 the law. 



To leave the letter of the law 

 makes the judge a legislator. 



Agaiiist, 



Generals are to be construed so 

 as to explain particulars. 



The woi'st tyranny is law upon 

 the rack. 



For. 



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. 



LEARNING. Against. 



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 unemployed. 



It is the way of scholars to show 

 all they know and oppose farther 

 inlurmation. 



For. LIFE. 



It is absurd to love the acci- 

 dents of lile above life itself. 



A long course is better than a 

 short one, even for virtue. 



Without a compass of life, we 

 can neither learn, nor repent, nor 

 perfect. 



Against. 



The philosophers, by their 

 great preparation for death, 

 have only rendered death more 

 terrible. 



Men fear death through igno* 

 ranee, as children tear the dark. 



There is no passion so weak but, 

 if a little urged, will conquer the 

 fear of death. 



A man would wish to die, even 

 through weariness of doing the 

 same things over and over again. 



For, 



LOQUACITY. 



Against. 



Silence argues a man to suspect 

 either himself or others. 



All restraints are irksome, but 

 e&pecially that of the tongue. 



Silence is the virtue of fools. 



Silence, like the night, is fit for 

 treacheries. 



Thoughts, like waters, are best 

 in a running stream. 



Silence is a kind of solitude. 



He who is silent exposes himself 

 to censure. 



For. 



Every man seeks, but the lover 

 only finds, himself. 



To speak little gives grace and 

 authority to what is delivered. 



Silence is like sleep, it refreshes 

 wisdom. 



Silence is the fermentation of 

 the thoughts. 



Silence is the style of wisdom 

 and the candidate for truth. 



LOVE. Against. 



The stage is more bsholuen tO 

 love than civil lije, 



