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Article CHARACTERS IN HARRY THE EIGHTH'S TIME. ← Page 2 of 3 →
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Characters In Harry The Eighth's Time.
{ lira—broke off his designs , and confounded him . —He that is master of the heart is lord of his life . —If my shirt ( said Metellus ) kneTv my mind , I would burn it—If my friend or servant knows my intentions I must either undo him , or be undone by him ; unless he be so much a man , as not out of weakness to discover me , or out of corruption to betray me into ' the bands of my enemies . —Wild beasts dwell in dens—Fishes bed in mud—and Birds make their nests
jn bushes and trees . —A wise man is wrap ' t in secrecy—The wisdom of Gyges consisted in his ring , whereby he learned the secrets of others , and kept his own . —It ' s pity that man should ever learn to speak , who knows not how to be silent . —I could wish to be wise enough , to be my own councellor , and next so secret , as to be my own council keeper—Some of my servants must of course belong
. to my bed-chamber , but none to my private closet . — -Despised danger is certain ruin ; while it surprizes us at once careless and naked . —When upon my guard , I need not fear the greatest enemy—the weakest may do much harm if neglected—security is the only misfortune , and imprudence the only fate that distresses the world . — Great need have we to guard the tongue , from whence flows the
issues of life and death ; and well weigh those words , which proceed from our mouth , the measure of good and evil . —I shall close the character of this Duke , with a remark of the Emperor Charles the 5 th , when he heard of his execution : —Me said that a butcher ' s dog ( such was Cardinal Wpolsey ' s extraction ) had killed the fairest Bu . ck in England .
-SIR THOMAS AUDLEY . IN troublesome and designing times , a popular Orator is a good Courtier . —He had all the genius requisite to form a good statesman , and the reserve of the best Politician : For if a man have that penetration , that he can discern which things are proper to be laid and which to be kept secretand which to be shewn by halves
open , , , and to whom , and at what time ; to him a habit of dissimulation becomes the greatest virtue . —He surprized the King always to his own purpose , never moving any . of his suits to him , but when in haste , and most commonly amusing him with other matters till he passed his request . —He was always watchful on the circumstances of things , and contrived that the least of his public actions should
come off with reputation . He waved all services dexterously , wherein he must oppose his Royal Master . —Insurrections raised by rigour , are laid by moderation—Patience can weather out the most turbulent age , and a solid judgment the most intricate times . —The reserved and peaceable man is the most secure . —Activity will bring a man to honour , but Prudence will make that honour lasting .
SIR WILLIAM MOLINEUX . AT the University his company was well chosen—his carriage , * ven and agreeable ; his time exactly observed and prudently spent .
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Characters In Harry The Eighth's Time.
{ lira—broke off his designs , and confounded him . —He that is master of the heart is lord of his life . —If my shirt ( said Metellus ) kneTv my mind , I would burn it—If my friend or servant knows my intentions I must either undo him , or be undone by him ; unless he be so much a man , as not out of weakness to discover me , or out of corruption to betray me into ' the bands of my enemies . —Wild beasts dwell in dens—Fishes bed in mud—and Birds make their nests
jn bushes and trees . —A wise man is wrap ' t in secrecy—The wisdom of Gyges consisted in his ring , whereby he learned the secrets of others , and kept his own . —It ' s pity that man should ever learn to speak , who knows not how to be silent . —I could wish to be wise enough , to be my own councellor , and next so secret , as to be my own council keeper—Some of my servants must of course belong
. to my bed-chamber , but none to my private closet . — -Despised danger is certain ruin ; while it surprizes us at once careless and naked . —When upon my guard , I need not fear the greatest enemy—the weakest may do much harm if neglected—security is the only misfortune , and imprudence the only fate that distresses the world . — Great need have we to guard the tongue , from whence flows the
issues of life and death ; and well weigh those words , which proceed from our mouth , the measure of good and evil . —I shall close the character of this Duke , with a remark of the Emperor Charles the 5 th , when he heard of his execution : —Me said that a butcher ' s dog ( such was Cardinal Wpolsey ' s extraction ) had killed the fairest Bu . ck in England .
-SIR THOMAS AUDLEY . IN troublesome and designing times , a popular Orator is a good Courtier . —He had all the genius requisite to form a good statesman , and the reserve of the best Politician : For if a man have that penetration , that he can discern which things are proper to be laid and which to be kept secretand which to be shewn by halves
open , , , and to whom , and at what time ; to him a habit of dissimulation becomes the greatest virtue . —He surprized the King always to his own purpose , never moving any . of his suits to him , but when in haste , and most commonly amusing him with other matters till he passed his request . —He was always watchful on the circumstances of things , and contrived that the least of his public actions should
come off with reputation . He waved all services dexterously , wherein he must oppose his Royal Master . —Insurrections raised by rigour , are laid by moderation—Patience can weather out the most turbulent age , and a solid judgment the most intricate times . —The reserved and peaceable man is the most secure . —Activity will bring a man to honour , but Prudence will make that honour lasting .
SIR WILLIAM MOLINEUX . AT the University his company was well chosen—his carriage , * ven and agreeable ; his time exactly observed and prudently spent .