Aphorism #280 Be Trustworthy.

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Aphorism #280 Be Trustworthy.

Honourable dealing is at an end: trusts aredenied: few keep their word: the greater the service, the poorer the reward: that is the way with all the world nowadays. There are whole nations inclined to false dealing: with some treachery has always to be feared, with others breach of promise, with others deceit. Yet this bad behaviour of others should rather be a warning to us than an example. The fear is that the sight of such unworthy behaviour should override our integrity. But a man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ArtOfWorldlyWisdom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ArtOfWorldlyWisdom?a=EgmkUBpiOMU:5d77lg5JajM:yIl2A UoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ArtOfWorldlyWisdom?d=qj6IDK7rITs (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ArtOfWorldlyWisdom?a=EgmkUBpiOMU:5d77lg5JajM:qj6ID K7rITs)
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Extraordinary for the times when it was written. That's for those who know the history of Balthasar and his surroundings. Well on the mark!
However, it could mistakingly be applied to today's picture. But this is a different age, and that it could be applied does not mean that we have the same situation in the globalization of democracy. And the question is: how much do we owe to Balthasar's parametric "wisdom" for what we achieved.

Winston Churchil said: Never before in history so many owed so much to so few. Was Balthasar in his days one of the few? You bet. And if you want affirmation of what he says was going on, read Quevedo. A different man but also one of the few in the Barroque.