Francis Bacon - Of Fortune

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Of Fortune
Francis Bacon
It cannot be denied but outward accidents conduce much to fortune; favour,
opportunity, death of others, occasion fitting virtue: but chiefly the mould of a man's
fortune is in his own hands: Faber quisque fortunae suae, saith the poet; and the most
frequent of external causes is that the folly of one man is the fortune of another; for no
man prospers so suddenly as by others' errors. Serpens nisi serpentem comederit non fit
draco. Overt and apparent virtues bring forth praise; but there be secret and hidden virtues
that bring forth fortune; certain deliveries of a man's self which have no name. The Spanish
name, disemboltura, partly expresseth them; when there be not stonds nor restiveness in a
man's nature, but that the wheels of his mind keep way with the wheels of his fortune; for
so Livy (after he had described Cato Major in these words, In illo viro, tantum robur corp
oris et animi fuit, ut quocunque loco natus esset fortunam sibi facturus videretur), falleth
upon that that he had versatile ingeniurn: therefore, if a man look sharply and attentively,
he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible. The way of Fortune is
like the milken way in the sky; which is a meeting or knot of a number of small stars, not
seen asunder, but giving light together: so are there a number of little and scarce discerned
virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate. The Italians note some
of them, such as a man would little think. When they speak of one that cannot do amiss,
they will throw in into his other conditions, that he hath Poco di matto; and certainly there
be not two more fortunate properties than to have a little of the fool, and not too much of
the honest; therefore extreme lovers of their country or masters were never fortunate;
neither can they be; for when a man placeth his thoughts without himself, he goeth not his
own way. An hasty fortune maketh an enterpriser and remover; (the French hath it better,
entreprenant or remuant); but the exercised fortune maketh the able man. Fortune is to be
honoured and respected and it be but for her daughters, Confidence and Reputation; for
those two Felicity breedeth; the first within a man's self, the latter in others towards him.
All wise men, to decline the envy of their own virtues , use to ascribe them to
Providence and Fortune; for so they may the better assume them: and, besides, it is
greatness in a man to be the care of the higher powers. So Caesar said to the pilot in the
tempest, Caesarem portas, et fortunam ejus. So Sylla chose the name of Felix and not of
Magnus: and it hath been noted, that those who ascribe openly too much to their own
wisdom and policy, end infortunate. It is written that Timotheus the Athenian, after he
had, in the account he gave to the state of his government, often interlaced this speech,
and in this Fortune had no part, never prospered in anything he undertook afterwards.
Certainly there be whose fortunes are like Homer's verses, that have a slide h and easiness
more than the verses of other poets; as Plutarch saith of Timoleon's fortune in respect of
that of Agesilaus or Epaminondas: and that this should be, no doubt it is much in a man's
self.
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AUniversalDownloadEditionWWW.UDownloadBooks.Com1OfFortuneFrancisBaconItcannotbedeniedbutoutwardaccidentsconducemuchtofortune;favour,opportunity,deathofothers,occasionfittingvirtue:butchieflythemouldofaman'sfortuneisinhisownhands:Faberquisquefortunaesuae,saiththepoet;andthemostfrequentofexternalcause...

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