The Art of Worldly Wisdom(100)

Be a person without Illusions, a wise Christian, a philosophical Courtier. Be all these, not merely seem to be them, still less affect to be them. Philosophy is nowadays discredited, but yet it was always the chief concern of the wise. The art of thinking has lost all its former repute. Seneca introduced it at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Rome: it went to court for some time, but now it is considered out of place there. And yet the discovery of deceit was always thought the true nourishment of a thoughtful mind, the true delight of a virtuous soul.

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