Aphorism #273 Comprehend their Dispositions with whom you deal,

Aphorism #273 Comprehend their Dispositions with whom you deal,

so as to know their intentions. Cause known, effect known, beforehand in the disposition and after in the motive. The melancholy man always foresees misfortunes, the backbiter scandals; having no conception of the good, evil offers itself to them. A man moved by passion always speaks of things differently from what they are; it is hi

Aphorism #273 Comprehend their Dispositions with whom you deal,