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AVe should not have our passions moved at every provocation, nor let our desires grow exorbitant beyond what is just ; for these little aversions of our temper engender suspicions, and infuse moroseness into us, which makes us surly to those who precluded the way to our ambition, or who made us fall into those disastrous events we would willingly have shunned. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE OUR PASSIONS MOVED AT EVERY PROVOCATION NOR LET OUR DESIRES GROW EXORBITANT BEYOND WHAT IS JUST FOR THESE LITTLE AVERSIONS OF OUR TEMPER ENGENDER SUSPICIONS AND INFUSE MOROSENESS INTO US WHICH MAKES US SURLY TO THOSE WHO PRECLUDED THE WAY TO OUR AMBITION OR WHO MADE US FALL INTO THOSE DISASTROUS EVENTS WE WOULD HAVE WILLINGLY SHUNNED
ity of thy mind, as a place void and capable of receiving them, and at last thou wilt be filled Avith nothing but other men's miscarriages. For if some of the philosophers inveigh against compassion Avhich others' calamities affect us with, as a soft affection (saying, that we ought to give real assist- ance to those in distress, and not to be dejected or sympa- thize with them), and if — which is a thing of higher moment — they discard all sadness and uneasiness Λvhen the sense of a vice or a disease is upon us, saying that we ought to cure the indisposition without being grieved ; is it not highly consonant to reason, that we should not storm or fret, if those we have to do Avith are not so wise and honest as they should be ? Let us consider the thing truly, my Paccius, lest, whilst we find fault Avith others, we pi'ove partial in our own respect through inadvertency, and lest our censuring their failings may proceed not so much from a hatred of their vices as from love of ourselves. L THINGS WILL FLOW DOWN INTO THE IMBECILITY OF THY MIND AS A PLACE VOID AND CAPABLE OF RECEIVING THEM AND AT LAST THOU WILT BE FILLED WITH NOTHING BUT OTHER MEN'S MISCARRIAGES FOR IF SOME OF THE PHILOSOPHERS INVEIGH AGAINST COMPASSION WHICH OTHERS CALAMITIES AFFECT US WITH AS A SOFT AFFECTION SAYING THAT WE OUGHT TO GIVE REAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IN DISTRESS AND NOT TO BE DEJECTED OR SYMPATHIZED WITH HIM AND IF WHICH IS A THING OF HIGHER MOMENT THEY DISCARD ALL SADNESS AND UNEASINESS WHEN THE SENSE OF A VICE OR A DISEASE IS UPON US SAYING THAT WE OUGHT TO CURE THE INDISPOSITION WITHOUT BEING GRIEVED IS IT NOT HIGHLY CONSONANT TO REASON THAT WE SHOULD NOT STORM OR FRET IF THOSE WE HAVE TO DO WITH ARE NOT SO WISE AND HONEST AS THEY SHOULD BE LET US CONSIDER THE THING TRULY MY POSSEOUS LEST WHILST WE FIND FAULT WITH OTHERS WE PROVE PARTIAL IN OUR RESPECT THROUGH INADVERTENCY AND LEST OUR CENSURING THEIR FAILINGS MAY PROCEED NOT SO MUCH FROM A HATRED OF THEIR VICES AS FROM LOVE OF OURSELVES
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