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'Never put off till to morrow what you can do to day' agrees ill with 'Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof'; and it is somewhat difficult to reconcile 'Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves' with the equally familiar 'Penny wise, pound foolish.' NEVER PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN DO TO DAY AGREES ILL WITH SUFFICIENT UNTO THE DAY IS THE EVIL THEREOF AND IT IS SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT TO RECONCILE TAKE CARE OF THE PENCE AND THE POUNDS WILL TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES WITH THE EQUALLY FAMILIAR PENNYWISE POUND FOOLISH
 then, is the least desirable of acquaintances. "But even if one wished to know the truth, the desire could scarcely be fulfilled. Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, a prominent lawyer of Elizabeth's time, who would have written Shakespeare's plays had his other occupations not prevented it, quotes Pilate as inquiring, 'What is Truth?'--and then not staying for an answer. Pilate deserves all the praise he has never received. Nothing is quite true. Even Truth lies at the bottom of a well and not infrequently in other places. No assertion is one whit truer than its opposite." A mild buzz of protest rose about him. Kennaston smiled and cocked his head on one side. "We have, for example," he pointed out, "a large number of proverbs, the small coin of conversation, received everywhere, whose value no one disputes. They are rapped forth, like an oath, with an air of settling the question once and forever. Well! there is safety in quotations. But even the Devil can cite Shakespeare for his purpose.  YOUR SPEECH SHOULD BE CANDIED TRUTH THEN IS THE LEAST DESIRABLE OF ACQUAINTANCES BUT EVEN IF ONE WISHED TO KNOW THE TRUTH THE DESIRE COULD SCARCELY BE FULFILLED FRANCIS BACON LORD VERULULAM A PROMINENT LAWYER OF ELIZABETH'S TIME WHO WOULD HAVE WRITTEN SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS HAD HIS OTHER OCCUPATIONS NOT PREVENTED IT QUOTES PILOT AS INQUIRING WHAT IS TRUTH AND THEN NOT STAYING FOR AN ANSWER PILOT DESERVES ALL THE PRAISE HE HAS NEVER RECEIVED NOTHING IS QUITE TRUE EVEN TRUTH LIES AT THE BOTTOM OF A WELL AND NOT INFREQUENTLY IN OTHER PLACES NO ASSERTION IS ONE WHIT TRUER THAN IT'S OPPOSITE A MILD BUZZ OF PROTEST ROSE ABOUT HIM CONNASTON SMILED AND COCKED HIS HEAD ON ONE SIDE WE HAVE FOR EXAMPLE HE POINTED OUT A LARGE NUMBER OF PROVERBS THE SMALL COIN OF CONVERSATION RECEIVED EVERYWHERE WHOSE VALUE NO ONE DISPUTES THEY ARE WRAPPED FORTH LIKE AN OATH WITH AN AIR OF SETTLING THE QUESTION ONCE AND FOREVER WELL THERE IS SAFETY IN QUOTATIONS BUT EVEN THE DEVIL CAN CITE SHAKESPEARE FOR HIS PURPOSE
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