REFLEXION.

The Moral of this Fable must be Abstracted from the Philosophy of it, and

taken in the Sense of carrying _Two Faces under One Hood_. It sets forth,

however, the Simplicity of the _Satyr_, in Not Understanding how Two such

Contrary Effects should come from the same Lips: But it was Honestly

done in him yet, to Renounce the Conversation of One that he took for a

Double-Dealer; and that could Accommodate himself to make Fair with All

Companies, and Occasions, without any regard to Truth, or Justice. It was

This Fable that gave Rise to the Old _Adage_ of _Blowing Hot and Cold_;

which is taken for the Mark and Character of a Dissembler.

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