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it deserves all the more to be condemned original: "reprobari"; the manuscript misspelled this as "reprebari"., because the mind has greater dignity than any physical thing. And besides, unless knowledge is made public by its possessor, it slips away, as we experience often enough in ourselves and in others. 39 a 2. This marginal reference refers to a column in the original manuscript. I also consider what Sallust A Roman historian whose work was a staple of medieval education. says in the Jugurthine War: "For a desiring mind, nothing is moved quickly enough"; and "Even speed itself is a delay to desire," as Seneca A Stoic philosopher and dramatist frequently cited by Bacon for his moral wisdom. determines in the book On the Abundance of Words. Furthermore, "the just request of friends must be quickly put into effect, lest idle charity appear to grow cold," as Platearius Matthaeus Platearius, a 12th-century physician from the medical school at Salerno. says, because as Ovid A prolific Roman poet. reveals in the Tristia Poems written by Ovid during his exile; the editor notes that this quote actually comes from the poet Statius.:

"Anxious hope distracts the mind,

and consumes joys with a long-held prayer." original: "voto"; the manuscript reads "vote".

And as Seneca says in the seventh book The editor notes this is actually in the first book, chapter 7. of On Benefits: "What is taken easily comes much more gracefully than what is taken from a full hand"; for a favor is ungrateful when it has hesitated for a long time in the hands of the giver. But because of the immeasurable difficulty of the matters I wish to discuss, and because of the multitude and weight of my occupations, I could not send what you desired any sooner. Nor can I yet complete it in detail and within its own discipline. However, if it pleases you to look at this universal work, you will be able to imagine the whole from the parts, the greater from the lesser, and many things from few. And indeed, I will remain silent about many things not only for these reasons, but because obscurity is often produced by excessive explanation, as Boethius A 6th-century scholar whose translations of Aristotle shaped medieval logic. says in his second Commentary on the Interpretation original: "super Periermenias"; referring to Aristotle's work De Interpretatione.. It is also said in the philosophy of Dindimus A legendary king of the Brahmans known for his ascetic wisdom in the Alexander romances.: "It is no great thing to overflow in few matters, but it is great to govern many things with brevity." And Horace A leading Roman lyric poet of the Augustan age. says:

"Whatever you teach, be brief, so that docile minds

may quickly grasp your words and the faithful hold them:

everything superfluous overflows from a full heart."

Yet since, as it is said in the third book of On the History of the World original: "De Ormesta Mundi"; the title given to the history by Paulus Orosius, a 5th-century priest and historian.: