The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 375 pages of information about The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher.

The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 375 pages of information about The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher.

A face apt to sweat on every motion, shows a person to be of a very hot constitution, vain and luxurious, of a good stomach, but of a bad understanding, and a worse conversation.  A very fleshy face shows the person to be of a fearful disposition, but a merry heart, and withal bountiful and discreet, easy to be entreated, and apt to believe everything.  A lean face, by the rules of physiognomy, denotes the person to be of a good understanding, but somewhat capricious and disdainful in his conversation.  A little and round face, shows a person to be simple, very fearful, of a bad memory, and a clownish disposition.  A plump face, full of carbuncles, shows a man to be a great drinker of wine, vain, daring, and soon intoxicated.  A face red or high coloured, shows a man much inclined to choler, and one that will be soon angry and not easily pacified.  A long and lean face, shows a man to be both bold, injurious and deceitful.  A face every way of a due proportion, denotes an ingenious person, one fit for anything and very much inclined to what is good.  One of a broad, full, fat face is, by the rules of physiognomy, of a dull, lumpish, heavy constitution, and that for one virtue has three vices.  A plain, flat face, without any rising shows a person to be very wise, loving and courtly in his carriage, faithful to his friend and patient in adversity.  A face sinking down a little, with crosses in it, inclining to leanness, denotes a person to be very laborious, but envious, deceitful, false, quarrelsome, vain and silly, and of a dull and clownish behaviour.  A face of a handsome proportion, and more inclining to fat than lean, shows a person just in his actions, true to his word, civil, and respectful in his behaviour, of an indifferent understanding, and of an extraordinary memory.  A crooked face, long and lean, denotes a man endued with as bad qualities as the face is with ill features.  A face broad about the brows, and sharper and less as it grows towards the chin, shows a man simple and foolish in managing his affairs, vain in his discourse, envious in his nature, deceitful, quarrelsome and rude in his conversation.  A face well-coloured, full of good features, and of an exact symmetry, and a just proportion in all its parts, and which is delightful to look upon, is commonly the index of a fairer mind and shows a person to be well disposed; but withal declares that virtue is not so impregnably seated there, but that by strong temptations (especially by the fair sex) it may be supplanted and overcome by vice.  A pale complexion, shows the person not only to be fickle, but very malicious, treacherous, false, proud, presumptuous, and extremely unfaithful.  A face well-coloured, shows the person to be of a praiseworthy disposition and a sound complexion, easy of belief, and respectful to his friend, ready to do a courtesy, and very easy to be drawn to anything.

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