, whichhasnothingprivateinit;[124] thatwhichhedoesnotknow, thatwhichflowedoutofhisconstitution, andnotfromhistooactiveinvention; thatwhichinthestudyofasingleartistyoumightnoteasilyfind, butinthestudyofmany, , buttheworkofmaninthatearlyHellenic[125] world, , howeverconvenientforhistory, , andwashindered, or, ifyouwill, modifiedindoing, bytheinterferingvolitionsofPhidias, ofDante, ofShakespeare, theorganwherebymanatthemomentwrought.
Stillmorestrikingistheexpressionofthisfactintheproverbsofallnations, whicharealwaystheliteratureofreason, orthestatementsofanabsolutetruth, , likethesacredbooksofeachnation, , chainedtoappearances, willnotallowtherealisttosayinhisownwords, , thesenate, andthecollegedeny, ishourlypreachedinallmarketsandworkshopsbyflightsofproverbs, whoseteachingisastrueandasomnipresentasthatofbirdsandflies.
Allthingsaredouble, oneagainstanother.—Titfortat;[126] aneyeforaneye; atoothforatooth; bloodforblood; measureformeasure; loveforlove.—Giveanditshallbegivenyou.—- Hethatwaterethshallbewateredhimself.—Whatwillyouhave? quothGod; payforitandtakeit.—Nothingventure, nothinghave.—Thoushaltbepaidexactlyforwhatthouhastdone, nomore, noless.—Whodothnotworkshallnoteat.—Harmwatch, harmcatch.—Cursesalwaysrecoilontheheadofhimwhoimprecatesthem.—Ifyouputachainaroundtheneckofaslave, theotherendfastensitselfaroundyourown.—Badcounselconfoundstheadviser.—TheDevilisanass.
Itisthuswritten, , butouractarrangesitselfbyirresistiblemagnetisminalinewiththepolesoftheworld.