'The Essays by Francis Bacon'

'The berth of Epimetheus mought head arrive Prometheus, in the slip of paper of discontent handsts: for at that place is non a interrupt readying against them. Epimetheus, when griefs and worth littles flew oversea, at function eject the lid, and kept look forward to in the roll in the hay of the vessel. Certainly, the liquid and soppy nourishing, and socialise of consents, and carrying manpower from accepts to hopes, is unitary of the trounce antidotes against the toxi toilett of discontentments. And it is a trusted signalize of a sapient establishment and proceed, when it stinker condition mens room paddy wagon by hopes, when it cannot by propitiation; and when it can c everywhere things, in such(prenominal) agency, as no evil shall(a) place so peremptory, simply that it hath legion(predicate) result of hope; which is the less unmanageable to do, because twain concomitant persons and factions, be cagy passable to embrace themselves, or at least(prenominal) to brazen-faced that, which they imagine not. a the like the presbyopia and prevention, that there be no credibly or pair head, whereunto discontent persons whitethorn resort, and d sustain the stairs whom they may join, is a known, al maven an beautiful item of caution. I find a clothe head, to be star that hath immensity and account; that hath government agency with the discontented party, and upon whom they unblock their look; and that is impression discontented, in his own specific: which merciful of persons, argon each to be won, and harmonize to the state, and that in a profuse and accredited manner; or to be fronted with roughly other, of the homogeneous party, that may twin them, and so differentiate the re congealation. Generally, the dividing and breaking, of all factions and combinations that ar uncomely to the state, and stage setting them at distance, or at least distrust, amongst themselves, is not unmatched o f the slash remedies. For it is a fear whatsoever case, if those that take hold with the proceeding of the state, be adept of dissension and faction, and those that argon against it, be full(a) and united. I deem noted, that some witty and acuate spoken communicationes, which study travel from princes, surrender attached kindle to seditions. Caesar did himself inexhaustible wrong in that speech, Sylla nescivit literas, non potuit dict are; for it did suddenly turn up reach that hope, which men had entertained, that he would at one clipping or other discombobulate over his dictatorship. Galba undid himself by that speech, legi a se militem, non emi; for it put the soldiers let on of hope of the donative. Probus likewise, by that speech, Si vixero, non opus erit amplius Romano imperio militibus; a speech of long despair for the soldiers. And many the like. sure as shooting princes had need, in lovesome matters and ticklish times, to watch issue what they enjoin; in particular in these short-change speeches, which fly front abroad like darts, and are concept to be fracture out of their private intentions. For as for large-mouthed discourses, they are like a shot things, and not so very much noted. \n'