Essays of Montaigne, Volume 3Reeves and Turner, 1902 |
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... thing , which is that men very hardly believe themselves to have arrived to that period . Few men come to die in the ... things to itself erroneously , and that we are of opinion they stand in as much need of us as we do of them , like ...
... thing , which is that men very hardly believe themselves to have arrived to that period . Few men come to die in the ... things to itself erroneously , and that we are of opinion they stand in as much need of us as we do of them , like ...
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... things go along with us ; whence it follows that we consider our death as a very great thing , and that does not so easily pass , nor without the solemn con- sultation of the stars : - " Tot circa unum caput tumultuantes deos , " 2 and ...
... things go along with us ; whence it follows that we consider our death as a very great thing , and that does not so easily pass , nor without the solemn con- sultation of the stars : - " Tot circa unum caput tumultuantes deos , " 2 and ...
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... thing of import- ance ; ' tis no great matter to live ; thy servants and beasts live ; but it is a great thing to die handsomely , wisely , and firmly . Do but think how long thou hast done the same things , eat , drink , and sleep ...
... thing of import- ance ; ' tis no great matter to live ; thy servants and beasts live ; but it is a great thing to die handsomely , wisely , and firmly . Do but think how long thou hast done the same things , eat , drink , and sleep ...
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... things their estimation ; the people of the March of Ancona more " The pleasure of all things increases by the same danger that should deter it . " - Seneca , De Benef . , vii . 9 . 2 44 " Galla , refuse me ; love is glutted with joys ...
... things their estimation ; the people of the March of Ancona more " The pleasure of all things increases by the same danger that should deter it . " - Seneca , De Benef . , vii . 9 . 2 44 " Galla , refuse me ; love is glutted with joys ...
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... things , has been a means to preserve it from the violence of our civil wars : defence allures attempt , and defiance provokes an enemy . I enervated the soldiers ' design by depriving the exploit of danger and all manner of military ...
... things , has been a means to preserve it from the violence of our civil wars : defence allures attempt , and defiance provokes an enemy . I enervated the soldiers ' design by depriving the exploit of danger and all manner of military ...
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Page 21 - I care not so much what I am in the opinion of others, as what I am in my own; I would be rich of myself, and not by borrowing.
Page 235 - 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.
Page 29 - Lucili ritu, nostrum melioris utroque. ille velut fidis arcana sodalibus olim 30 credebat libris, neque si male cesserat, usquam decurrens alio, neque si bene: quo fit, ut omnis votiva pateat veluti descripta tabella vita senis.
Page 24 - ... peril of death, is, indeed, something in every one of us, because we there hazard all ; but for the world's concern, they are things so ordinary, and so many of them are every day seen, and there must of necessity be so many of the same kind to produce any notable effect, that we cannot expect any particular renown...
Page 211 - And there never was in the world two opinions alike, no more than two hairs or two grains ; the most universal quality is diversity.
Page 293 - might I have had my own will, I would not have married Wisdom herself, if she would have had me: but 'tis to much purpose to evade it, the common custom and use of life will have it so. Most of my actions are guided by example, not choice.
Page 164 - Quem de visceribus traxerat ipsa suis : Si qua fides, vulnus quod feci, non dolet, inquit; Sed quod tu facies, id mihi, Pâte, doletb.
Page 69 - I have no more made my book than my book has made me— a book consubstantial with its author, concerned with my own self, an integral part of my life; not concerned with some third-hand, extraneous purpose, like all other books.
Page 216 - How many curious moral variations he had to show! — "vices that are lawful": vices in us which "help to make up the seam in our piecing, as poisons are useful for the conservation of health": "actions good and excusable that are not lawful in themselves...
Page 79 - ... if he had listened, and laid his ear close to himself, would have heard some jarring sound of human mixture; but faint and remote, and only to be perceived by himself.