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" I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare: and I dare a little the more, as I grow older; for methinks custom allows to age more liberty of prating, and more indiscretion of talking of a man's self. "
The Essays of Michel de Montaigne - Page 20
by Michel de Montaigne - 1908
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Montaigne's Essays in Three Books: With Notes and Quotations. And ..., Volume 3

Michel de Montaigne - French essays - 1743 - 442 pages
....there, and the moil pure and irncere that is :any where to to be found. I fpeak Truth, not fo m'.ich as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a litrre the more as I grow older; for methinks Cuftom allows to Age morp Liberty of prating, and more...
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The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English ...

Michel de Montaigne - 1759 - 512 pages
...therein difplay'd with the utmoft Sincerity and Purity. I fpeak the Truth, hot as much as I wou'd, but as much as I dare ; and I dare a little the more as I grow older-, for, methinks, C'uftom indulges my Age with more Liberty of prating, as well as of Indifcretion in talking of a Man's...
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The Essays of Michael de Montaigne, Volume 3

Michel de Montaigne - French essays - 1811 - 556 pages
...fidelity which I have therein displayed with the utmost sincerity and purity. I speak the truth, not as much as I would, but as much as I dare ; and I flare a little the more as I grow older ; for, methinks, custom indulges my age with more liberty of...
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Works: Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy ...

Michel de Montaigne - 1849 - 698 pages
...proposed to herself. To finish it, I need bring nothing but fidelity to the work; and that is there me most pure and sincere that is anywhere to be found....but as much as I dare, and I dare a little the more a$ I grow older ; for it would seem that custom allows to age more liberty of prating, and more indiscretion...
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Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Journey Into ..., Volume 3

Michel de Montaigne - 1859 - 524 pages
...proposed to himself. To finish it, I need bring nothing but fidelity to the work ; and that is there the most pure and sincere that is anywhere to be found....and I dare a little the more as I grow older ; for it would seem that custom allows to age more liberty of prating, and more indiscretion of talking of...
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Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Journey Into ..., Volume 3

Michel de Montaigne, William Hazlitt - 1879 - 524 pages
...proposed to himself. To finish it, I need bring nothing but fidelity to the work ; and that is there the most pure and sincere that is anywhere to be found....but as much as I dare, and I dare a little the more a- I grow older ; for it would seem that custom allows to age more liberty of prating, and more indiscretion...
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Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Journey Into ..., Volume 3

Michel de Montaigne - 1875 - 522 pages
...I need bring nothing but fidelity to the work ; and that is there the most pure and sincere that ia anywhere to be found. I speak truth, not so much as...and I dare a little the more as I grow older ; for it would seem that custom allows to age more liberty of prating, and more indiscretion of talking of...
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Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced ...

John Bartlett - Quotations - 1891 - 1190 pages
...Honesty. Like rowers, who advance hackward.2 /ty. I speak trnth, not so mnch as I wonld, hat as mnch as I dare ; and I dare a little the more as I grow older. Chap ii. Of Eepentance. 1 XEXOPHON : Mem, Socrntis, i. 3, 1. a Sec Bentley, page 284. 8 SEX-ECA : Epistle...
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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern: A-Z

Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 512 pages
...that I speak too much of myself, I find fault that they do not so much as think of themselves. ... I have this, at least, according to discipline, that...and more indiscretion of talking of a man's self. . . . My book and I go hand in hand together. Elsewhere men may commend or censure the work, without...
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The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations: English, Latin, and Modern Foreign ...

Mottoes - 1896 - 1224 pages
...knew truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter? w. MILTON — Areopagitica. TRUTH. TRUTH. omuğ. L. 710. Not chaos-like together crush'd and...bruis'd, But, as the world, harmoniously confused ; Where a. MONTAIGNE — Essays. Of Repentance. This world is all a fleeting show, For man's illusion given...
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