Pseudodoxia Epidemica

God expects no lustre from the minor Stars; but if the Sun should not illuminate all, it were a sin in Nature. _Ultimus bonoram_, will not excuse every man, nor is it sufficient for all to hold the common level: Mens names should not only distinguish them: A man should be something, that men are not, and individual in somewhat beside his proper Name. Thus while it exceeds not the bounds of reason and modesty, we cannot condemn singularity, _Nos numerus sumus_, is the Motto of the multitude, and for that reason are they Fools. For things as they recede from unity, the more they approach to imperfection, and Deformity; for they hold their perfection in their Simplicities, and as they nearest approach unto God. [Sidenote: _Universities why many times full of Scholars, and empty of Learning._] [Sidenote: _The natural genius or inclination, have much to be regarded in the choice of a Profession._]