The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems (1700)
Saavedra Fajardo, Diego de, 1584-1648, Astry, James, Sir, Gilliflower, Matthew, Meredith, Luke, d. 1700 · London, Printed for Matt. Gylliflower... and Luke Meredith... · leaf 233
expected from them ^ and confegneiitly the Chargesand Pains in Preventing is utterly thrown away. It hap-pens alfo fometimes, that wiiile there palfes fo great aSpace of Time between the Accidents themfelves, andtheir being known and examined, frefh Advice is broughtof the State of Affairs, with… … T ^ H E Forces of all Powers arc limited, thofe ofAmbition alone (the common Vice of HumaneNature) infinite. This, the more it has, themore it defires to have, or rather is a kind of fiery Ap-petite by the Htart exhaled, which draws Strength andEncreafe from the very Matter it is applyd to.…
Political science · Kings and rulers · Education of princes
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