For it is not possible to join serpentine wisdom with columbine innocence, except men know exactly all the conditions of the serpent: his baseness and going upon his belly, his volubility and lubricity, his envy and sting, and the rest; that is, all forms and natures of evil: for without this, virtue lieth open and unfenced. - Francis Bacon

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Francis Bacon: "For it is not possible to join serpentine wisdom with columbine innocence, except men know exactly all the conditions of the serpent: his baseness and going upon his belly, his volubility and lubricity, his envy and sting, and the rest; that is, all forms and natures of evil: for without this, virtue lieth open and unfenced."

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Baseness	Belly	Columbine	Conditions
Envy	Evil	Exactly	Except
Forms	Going	Innocence	Join
Lieth	Lubricity	Natures	Open
Possible	Rest	Serpent	Serpentine
Sting	Unfenced	Upon	Virtue
Volubility	Wisdom	Without

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