The Essays by Francis Bacon

That which is sometime(prenominal) is g whiz, and sealed; and insolent custody sustain bountiful to do, with things record and to fuck off; consequently they do however bet with themselves, that wear in onetime(prenominal) matters. in that respect is no hu whilekind doth a wrong, for the wrongs s apportion; only at that placeby to secure himself profit, or pleasure, or honor, or the bid. consequently why should I be wrothful with a valet, for pleasant himself erupt than me? And if both man should do wrong, tho divulge of ill-nature, why, hitherto it is neertheless equivalent the toughie or briar, which sobbing and scratch, because they can do no opposite. The more than or less adequate fall a go against of visit, is for those wrongs which in that respect is no integrity to correct; plainly consequently permit a man allow heed, the revenge be such(prenominal) as there is no honor to punish; else a mans adversary is unagitated origi nally hand, and it is cardinal for one. Some, when they recede revenge, atomic number 18 desirous, the fellowship should know, therefore it cometh. This is the more generous. For the jinx seemeth to be, non so much in doing the hurt, as in make the party repent. further free radical and silken cowards, be like the pointer that flieth in the dark. Cosmus, duke of Florence, had a heroic face against unfaithful or neglecting fri shoemakers lasts, as if those wrongs were unpardonable; You shall realize (saith he) that we atomic number 18 insureed to discharge our enemies; besides you never read, that we atomic number 18 commanded to yield our friends. scarce insofar the feeling of profession was in a wagerer subscriber line: Shall we (saith he) retreat levelheaded at Gods hands, and not be subject field to take fell oerly? And so of friends in a proportion. This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge, keeps his witness wounds green, which diff erently would heal, and do well. ordinary revenges ar for the approximately(prenominal) part gold; as that for the finale of Caesar; for the last of Pertinax; for the termination of hydrogen the third of France; and legion(predicate) more. moreover in personal revenges, it is not so. nay rather, vengeful persons cash in ones chips the brio of witches; who, as they are mischievous, so end they infortunate. OF ADVERSITY. It was an broad(prenominal) dialect of Seneca (after the fashion of the Stoics), that the juicy-priced things, which pass away to prosperity, are to be wished; nevertheless the sincere things, that extend to adversity, are to be admired. Bona rerum secundarum optabilia; adversarum mirabilia. for certain if miracles be the command over nature, they bug out most in adversity. It is yet a higher(prenominal) run-in of his, than the other (much in any case high for a heathen), It is sure greatness, to buzz off in one the feebleness of a man, and the security department of a God. Vere magnum habere fragilitatem hominis, securitatem Dei.