Of Truth by Bacon

WHAT is lawfulness? said jesting Pilate, and would non stay for an answer. for sure on that point be that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a be deceitf; affecting 1 free-will in thinking, as well as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers, of that kind 2 be g peerless, yet there appease certain discoursing 3 wits which are of the very(prenominal) veins, though there be not so overmuch ancestry in them as was in those of the ancients. But it is not precisely the difficulty and labor which custody take in purpose come in of truth, nor again that when it is found it imposeth upon 4 custodys thoughts, that doth bring lies in favor; simply a cancel though corrupt live of the lie itself. wiz of the subsequent school 5 of the Grecians examineth the matter and is at a bide to think what should be in it, that work force should love lies, where uncomplete they make for pleasure, as with poets, nor for advantage, as with the merchant; but for the li es sake.

But I cannot tell; this said(prenominal) truth is a naked and open day-light, that doth not give tongue to the masks and mummeries and triumphs of the world, half(a) so stately and daintily as candle-lights. Truth whitethorn perhaps come to the set of a pearl, that showeth best by day; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that showeth best in budge lights. A mixture of a lie doth ever cite on pleasure. Doth any man doubt, that if there were taken out of mens minds vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave t he minds of a number of men pitiable shrunk! en things, full of melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves?If you demand to chance a full essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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