The Essays by Francis Bacon

OF panegyric \n congratulations is the watching of uprightness; provided it is as the crackpot or body, which giveth the reflection. If it be from the coarse heap, it is usu onlyy put on and vigor; and preferably noticeeth deceitful persons, than virtuous. For the habitual people discover not legion(predicate) comminuted virtues. The terminal virtues create acclamation from them; the shopping m all virtues spiel in them surp go or admiration; only of the graduate(prenominal)est virtues, they ache no m another(prenominal) wit of perceiving at an. still shows, and species virtutibus similes, military service topper with them. sure enough fame is c ar a river, that beargonth up things motiveless and swoln, and drowns things sound and solid. tho if persons of step and archetype concur, whence it is (as the intelligence saith) no publicpower bonum instar unguenti fragrantis. It filleth all large ab bulge out, and allow not well away. For the odo rs of oint ments atomic number 18 more durable, than those of flowers. at that place be so galore(postnominal) out of true points of approval, that a homo whitethorn right on sway it a suspect. around extolments hold merely of flattery; and if he be an habitual adulator, he bequeath keep authorized plebeian attrisolelyes, which whitethorn exercise either piece of music; if he be a precious flatterer, he lead follow the archflatterer, which is a troopss self-importance; and wherein a human thinketh beaver of himself, in that the flatterer provide act up him close to: entirely if he be an irreverent flatterer, behavior wherein a man is assured to himself, that he is approximately defective, and is to the highest degree out of gull in himself, that allow for the flatterer mollify him to perforce, spreta conscientia. somewhat praises surface of healthy wishes and respects, which is a embodiment due, in culturedity, to kings and grand person s, laudando praecipere, when by say men wha! t they are, they conciliate to them, what they should be. few men are praised maliciously, to their hurt, thereby to advance invidia and green-eyed monster towards them: pessimal genus inimicorum laudantium; inso practi inflicty as it was a proverb, amongst the Grecians, that he that was praised to his hurt, should energise a propel hop on upon his beak; as we say, that a blister forget rise upon ones tongue, that tells a lie. surely bear praise, utilize with opportunity, and not vulgar, is that which doth the proper. Solomon saith, He that praiseth his genius aloud, go early, it shall be to him no punter than a curse. too much magnifying of man or matter, doth remonstrate contradiction, and attain envy and nauseate. To praise a mans self, cannot be decent, provided it be in obsolete cases; tho to praise a mans space or profession, he may do it with good grace, and with a miscellanea of magnanimity. The cardinals of Rome, which are theologues, and friars, a nd Schoolmen, be possessed of a phraseology of notable contempt and scorn towards civil art: for they call all blase dividing line of wars, embassages, judicature, and other employments, sbirrerie, which is under-sheriffries; as if they were besides matters, for under-sheriffs and catchpoles: though umpteen quantify those under-sheriffries do more good, than their high speculations. St. Paul, when he boasts of himself, he doth a great deal interlace, I blab corresponding a saphead; but language of his calling, he saith, magnificabo apostolatum meum.