whom I have to deal must be either one degree more or less civil than I,—else we shall never get on and the ointment will not only anoint us but plaster us together.
393
Dangerous virtues.—”He forgets nothing but forgives everything.” Wherefore he will be doubly detested, for he puts us doubly to shame, both by his memory and his magnanimity.
394
Free from vanity.—Passionate people little think of what others may think; their frame of mind raises them above vanity.
395
Contemplation.—In some thinkers the contemplative state peculiar to a thinker is always the consequence of a state of fear; in others always that of desire. Wherefore to the former contemplativeness seems combined with the sense of security, to the Iatter with that of surfeit:—that is, the former is spirited, the latter despondent and neutral.
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A-hunting.—The one is hunting pleasant truths, the other, unpleasant ones. But even the former takes greater delight in the pursuit than in the prize.
