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r POLITIC AL APHOItlSMS- T. KEvtdi(»-su"lf«rs without resentmertt <ihe 6T0W %i,n ihe%and*<if an enemy v *s.ks-another; ami i, who t hires. one contemptible neglect from his -subject. vrfircrftaftlfv'tKeet- ftith mnrhy. Not to' Mravo a seBse of-«n 'affront from a foreign state., ep -e or,? "Tit tint It) l»e 'displeased r-,u home bred abuses, with cajiafrfHtv of redressing both.'HrRHWa.pttsillani- "iuity of spirit hj a Prince, and a weakness of ^fidgiiieii t, He, therefore, who'-is anxious not to a seeded t'riie, must remedy the first— if a stranger, t#y rtie lttoee if against a ;sirbiect. i>v Hie law, TL While the rher rans entire, v.th its water iir oiif bei!, five "current ;i.s swifter land the force greater and the is fearful lest i it -cros, sing it he slioui'M'incnr danger but if the river be divided into several streams, each may be -^us'iiy forded, for they become shallow, and have little power. So in the current of warlike ac- .ti,oii. iiiiio)n.is essential to security. The best means of dividing such a power and Weakening it, is to divert it into several channels, til. To nonrish faction between officevs in a great household is not bad policy sometimes, hut in a Tree state it is extremely dangerous to cause division-, find dissentions among the leading1 men \V hn cnl\lhct its a ff¡t.irs-. In Such a Government 111", great nien thas wronght upon are like contrary winds blowing- with great violence apon the mul- titude, who may he fikewise would have remained had not the vi lent winds agitated it. The effect of factiotnifi a free state either conduces to a dis iipation ol" its power or a usurpation by the victors.. IV", U i-i better not to rftake I*ws to check the abuses of the times, or to prevent men's niantiers from becoming corrupt, then, being made and b-ing broken, not to put them into execution.— For this makes every private man's offence the •sin of the public, because omitting the punishment thereof is committing the Directions for suppressing conspiracy and punishing the offender according to law, are not only fruitless. but lIan. genius, when the execution orbotti proceeds not speedily, being ini.sled by negligence and having miscarried through lenity. There is a cruelty in some kind of mercy, although there is DO mercy in cruelly. V. Great affairs require many heads to advise, and many hands to accomplish. One head is not sufficient for so great a charge, nor one arm enough for so important a burden. A King ought not to be obstinate in his own opinion, although he may have reasonable hopes of success but he must yield to the opinions of his counsellors on all great occasions. He who refuses good counsel is worse than a brute, and he who needs none is more than a human being. VI. Lightning injures not the laurel, neither is it seen (according to travellers) in regions remote front the sun. A peaceahte and lowly estate is not subject to the vicissitudes of fortune, nor the dauger of high powers. The tall cedars on the mountain's top are often rooted up by the tempest or broken by the fierce winds, while the lowly shrubs of the valley are uninjured. The meanest estate often stands upon brass, while the highest is erected on a sandy foundation. The way up- ward is craggy—the road downwards slippery. Men ciiini) by decrees, but fall at once. Between the highest fortune and tlttt lowest there is often no iliewula. —►&$<$•-

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