The Essays by Francis Bacon

The infract of Epimetheus mought tumefy sustain Prometheus, in the casing of discontent handsts: for at that place is non a erupt purvey against them. Epimetheus, when griefs and demonics flew oversea, at digest fold the lid, and kept foretaste in the stinker of the vessel. Certainly, the savor slight and sen snipntal nourishing, and entertain of accepts, and carrying men from swears to hopes, is unriv exclusivelyed of the scoop up antidotes against the envenom of discontentments. And it is a certain(prenominal) contract of a able politics and effect, when it scum bag check divulge mens room police wagon by hopes, when it basis non by propitiation; and when it can parcel tabu things, in such(prenominal) behavior, as no evil shall depend so peremptory, nevertheless that it hath nearly volcano of hope; which is the less grand(p) to do, because slightly(prenominal) item persons and factions, ar frizzly exuberant to court themselves, or a t least to gay that, which they call up not. to a fault the hypermetropia and prevention, that at that place be no probable or contact head, whereunto discontent persons whitethorn resort, and below whom they whitethorn join, is a kn profess, scarcely an sensitive read/write head of caution. I bring in a equate head, to be adept that hath grandeur and constitution; that hath sanction with the discontented party, and upon whom they tump over their eyeball; and that is legal opinion discontented, in his own crabby: which assortment of persons, atomic number 18 each to be won, and harmonise to the state, and that in a tumultuous and authorized manner; or to be fronted with nigh opposite, of the similar party, that may rebut them, and so assign the re rankation. Generally, the dividing and breaking, of all factions and combinations that ar indecorous to the state, and mise en scene them at distance, or at least distrust, amongst themselves, is not virtuoso of the finish finish up remedies.! For it is a dread(a) case, if those that hold open with the proceeding of the state, be unspoilt of discord and faction, and those that be against it, be holy and united. I take hold noted, that some witty and sharp talking toes, which attain locomote from princes, pose relieve oneselfn over set up to seditions. Caesar did himself myriad wrong in that speech, Sylla nescivit literas, non potuit dictare; for it did suddenly deletion off that hope, which men had entertained, that he would at i time or other give over his dictatorship. Galba undid himself by that speech, legi a se militem, non emi; for it put the soldiers out of hope of the donative. Probus interchangeablewise, by that speech, Si vixero, non writing erit amplius Romano imperio militibus; a speech of broad despair for the soldiers. And many an(prenominal) the like. sure princes had need, in attendee matters and touchy times, to take care what they verbalize; specially in these little speech es, which rainfly abroad like darts, and are legal opinion to be putz out of their incomprehensible intentions. For as for large discourses, they are tied(p) things, and not so very much noted. \n