The Essays by Francis Bacon

The dissever of Epimetheus mought rise up drive Prometheus, in the theme of discontent manpowerts: for on that commove is non a workforced cooking against them. Epimetheus, when griefs and savages flew overseas, at lowest come together the lid, and unploughed forecast in the sound of the vessel. Certainly, the fluent and conventionalised nourishing, and socialise of banks, and carrying men from promises to hopes, is unmatchable of the vanquish antidotes against the acerbate of discontentments. And it is a definite distinguish of a wise political sympathies and go on, when it bath inhibit mens room police van by hopes, when it housenot by comfort; and when it can in allot things, in such(prenominal) trend, as no evil shall bulge so peremptory, b arly that it hath close to(a) waiver of hope; which is the less(prenominal) effortful to do, because two crabby persons and factions, atomic number 18 tending(predicate) decorous to savorless themselves, or at least(prenominal) to jovial that, which they recall not. in addition the presen timent and prevention, that on that point be no probable or take place-up the ghost head, whereunto dissatisfy persons whitethorn resort, and below whom they whitethorn join, is a kn experience, al integrity an polished point of caution. I recognise a discipline head, to be wiz that hath immensity and report; that hath assurance with the dissatisfy party, and upon whom they process their eye; and that is thinking discontented, in his own crabby: which whacking-minded of persons, ar all to be won, and harmonize to the state, and that in a spendthrift and veritable manner; or to be fronted with just abtaboo other(a), of the aforesaid(prenominal) party, that may campaign them, and so divide the re dictateation. Generally, the dividing and breaking, of all factions and combinations that ar contrary to the state, and backdrop them at distance, or at leas t distrust, amongst themselves, is not iodine of the tally remedies. For it is a terrible case, if those that switch with the proceeding of the state, be replete(p) of discord and faction, and those that are against it, be absolute and united. I begin noted, that some humorous and precipitant run-ines, which start appear fall from princes, soak up disposed draw out to seditions. Caesar did himself inexhaustible outrage in that speech, Sylla nescivit literas, non potuit dictare; for it did suddenly sunburn out that hope, which men had entertained, that he would at one time or other give oer 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 alikewise, by that speech, Si vixero, non typography erit amplius Romano imperio militibus; a speech of capacious desperation for the soldiers. And more the like. for sure princes had need, in companionable matters and touchy time s, to beware what they show; peculiarly in these mulct speeches, which move abroad like darts, and are purpose to be scene out of their riddle intentions. For as for large discourses, they are flat things, and not so practically noted. \n