The Characters of Theophrastus
The Characters of Theophrastus
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See Introduction, Characters of Theophrastus omitting any preface and details about the word. And first of all I shall lay down a definition of dissembling, and with this in view shall describe the dissembler in his character and manner of life, exhibiting in such clearness, as I can, his various traits.
Characters of Theophrastus I The Dissembler (^Elpcovela) DISSEMBLING, generally speaking, is an affectation, whether in word or action, V intended to make things seem ' other than they really a...re. The dissembler is a man, for instance, who accosts his enemies and en- gages readily in talk with them, to show that he bears no grudge, and who praises to their faces the very men he slanders behind their backs ; and when these lose a suit at court, he professes sym- pathy for their misfortune. When men malign him, or the opposi- tion 's loud, he is ever ready with forgiveness. When others have suffered such ill- treatment as to have just cause for indignation, his comments on their wrongs are couched in non- 4 Characters of Theophrastus committal terms.
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See Introduction, Characters of Theophrastus omitting any preface and details about the word. And first of all I shall lay down a definition of dissembling, and with this in view shall describe the dissembler in his character and manner of life, exhibiting in such clearness, as I can, his various traits.
Characters of Theophrastus I The Dissembler (^Elpcovela) DISSEMBLING, generally speaking, is an affectation, whether in word or action, V intended to make things seem ' other than they really a...re. The dissembler is a man, for instance, who accosts his enemies and en- gages readily in talk with them, to show that he bears no grudge, and who praises to their faces the very men he slanders behind their backs ; and when these lose a suit at court, he professes sym- pathy for their misfortune. When men malign him, or the opposi- tion 's loud, he is ever ready with forgiveness. When others have suffered such ill- treatment as to have just cause for indignation, his comments on their wrongs are couched in non- 4 Characters of Theophrastus committal terms.
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