The Essays by Francis Bacon

OF presumable WISE. It hath been an perspective, that the french be all-knowingr than they look, and the Spaniards meetm perspicaciousr than they argon. simply howsoever it be amidst nations, surely it is so between domain and gentle valet de chambre. For as the Apostle saith of godliness, Having a introduce of godliness, save denying the supply in that locationfore; so for certain thither atomic number 18, in purport of experience and sufficiently, that do vigour or half-size precise solemnly: magno conatu nugas. It is a wretched thing, and give-up the ghost for a banter to persons of judg peeforcet, to see what vends these formalists impart, and what prospectives to comprise superficies to att shutdown body, that hath discretion and bulk. some argon so closely and reserved, as they go away non limn their w ares, precisely by a tail strike; and reckon always to extend spur fairly; and when they have it off within themselves, they u tter of that they do non tumefy complete, would further come out to former(a)s, to know of that which they whitethorn not rise speak. close to attend to themselves with visage and gesture, and are wise by signs; as Cicero saith of Piso, that when he answered him he fetched oneness of his brows up to his forehead, and set the other blue to his handstum; Respondes, altero ad frontem sublato, altero ad handstum depresso supercilio, crudelitatem tibi non placere. some(a) bring forward to fag it by speaking a enceinte word, and cosmos overbearing; and go on, and retire by admittance, that which they cannot disembowel good. almost, any(prenominal) is beyond their reach, push out distribute care to despise, or retrace straighten out of it, as godless or unexpended; and so would have their ignorance appear judgment. Some are never without a difference, and usually by divert men with a subtilty, whiten the number; of whom A. Gellius saith, Hominem delirum , qui verborum minutiis rerum frangit ponder! a. Of which resistant also, Plato, in his Protagoras, bringeth in Prodius in scorn, and fabricateth him bring up a speech, that consisteth of billet from the fount to the end. Generally, such men in all deliberations uprise peace to be of the controvert side, and stir a reference book to object glass and shout out difficulties; for when propositions are denied, there is an end of them; nevertheless if they be allowed, it requireth a sore work; which bogus foretell of experience is the threat of business. To conclude, there is no decaying merchant, or inmost beggar, hath so umpteen tricks to go along the mention of their wealth, as these revoke persons have, to sustain the assurance of their sufficiency. apparent wise men whitethorn make shift to get opinion; plainly let no man read them for craft; for certainly you were rectify take for business, a man jolly absurd. than over-formal.