. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . CounfeIs(4Jfwhen tis well applyd tis Wifdom (5). A happy thoughtand a word in feafon gains peoples Minds, and moft difficultAffairs to the end propoled, and fometimes difcovers the , deceives Malice, diverts Offence, and prevents 1pofitive Aflfwer where tis not convenient. We ought alfo in Negotiations to mingle the advantageof thofe whom we would perfwade, ihewing them that tistheir intereft as well as ours; for all are movd by felf-in-tereft, few by Obligation and Glory. Sejanus, to incite Drw-fus to the Murther of his Ero
. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . CounfeIs(4Jfwhen tis well applyd tis Wifdom (5). A happy thoughtand a word in feafon gains peoples Minds, and moft difficultAffairs to the end propoled, and fometimes difcovers the , deceives Malice, diverts Offence, and prevents 1pofitive Aflfwer where tis not convenient. We ought alfo in Negotiations to mingle the advantageof thofe whom we would perfwade, ihewing them that tistheir intereft as well as ours; for all are movd by felf-in-tereft, few by Obligation and Glory. Sejanus, to incite Drw-fus to the Murther of his Erother Nero, fet before him thehopes of the Empire. The skill of a prudent Minifterconfifts in facilitating affairs with others interefts, difpofingthe Treaty fo, that theirs and his own Princes may feem tobe the fame. To delire to negotiate affairs by íeíf-intereftonly, is to bring water in broken pipes; where one receivesit from another, all receive Affiftance and Advantage. (4) Mijce ftultitiam confilits irevem» (5) Eccl. 10. r. Ém. 303 EMBLEM
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