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Page 49
... follow'd . Every one finds in himself some image of such agitations , of a prompt , vehement , and fortuitous opinion . ' Tis I that am to allow them some authority , who attribute so little to our own prudence , and who also my self ...
... follow'd . Every one finds in himself some image of such agitations , of a prompt , vehement , and fortuitous opinion . ' Tis I that am to allow them some authority , who attribute so little to our own prudence , and who also my self ...
Page 52
... follow them , but not to be so servilely yed to their observation , that my whole life should be enslav'd to cere- mony ; of which there are some , that provided a man omits them out of discretion , and not for want of breeding , it ...
... follow them , but not to be so servilely yed to their observation , that my whole life should be enslav'd to cere- mony ; of which there are some , that provided a man omits them out of discretion , and not for want of breeding , it ...
Page 59
... follow me , I will kill you for it is better you should lose your life , than , by being taken , to lose your empire . " But fear does then manifest its utmost power and effect , when it throws us upon a valiant despair , having before ...
... follow me , I will kill you for it is better you should lose your life , than , by being taken , to lose your empire . " But fear does then manifest its utmost power and effect , when it throws us upon a valiant despair , having before ...
Page 91
... has not wherewithal to pay ; merchandize in so great repute , as in a government to serve a fourth estate of wrangling lawyers , to add to the 92 MEN DO WELL TO FOLLOW THE FASHIONS OF SOCIETY ESSAYS OF MICHAEL SEIGNEUR DE MONTAIGNE . 91.
... has not wherewithal to pay ; merchandize in so great repute , as in a government to serve a fourth estate of wrangling lawyers , to add to the 92 MEN DO WELL TO FOLLOW THE FASHIONS OF SOCIETY ESSAYS OF MICHAEL SEIGNEUR DE MONTAIGNE . 91.
Page 92
... follow and con- form himself to the fashion of the time . Public society has nothing to do with our thoughts , but the rest , as our actions , our labours , our for- tunes and our lives , we are to lend and abandon them to the common ...
... follow and con- form himself to the fashion of the time . Public society has nothing to do with our thoughts , but the rest , as our actions , our labours , our for- tunes and our lives , we are to lend and abandon them to the common ...
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according actions Æneid affairs amongst ancient Antisthenes Aristippus Aristotle arms authority battel beasts believe better betwixt body Cæsar call'd caus'd CHAP Chrysippus Cicero command condition contrary custom dæmon danger death Democritus discourse divine effect emperour enemy Epaminondas Epicurus Epig example expence extream eyes fancy fantastick father favour fear fortune friends Gaul give glory greater greatest hand Heraclitus honour horse human humour imagination judge judgment Julius Cæsar king knowledge laws learning liberty liv'd live Lycurgus Macedon manner master means mind Montaigne nature necessity never nihil opinion Ovid pain passion peradventure philosophers physician Plato pleasure Plutarch Pompey present princes publick quæ quam quod reason receiv'd reputation Rome Scythians shew Socrates soever sort soul speak things thou thought tion true truth understanding valour vertue vice wherein whilst withal words Xenophon
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Page 414 - Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Page 276 - Immunis aram si tetigit manus, Non sumptuosa blandior hostia Mollivit aversos Penates Farre pio et saliente mica.
Page 139 - Not that fine speaking is not a very good and commendable quality; but not so excellent and so necessary as some would make it; and I am scandalized that our whole life should be spent in nothing else. I would first understand my own language, and that of my neighbours with whom most of my business and conversation lies.
Page 108 - All other knowledge is hurtful to him who has not the science of honesty and goodness.
Page 41 - We are not men, nor have other tie upon one another, but by our word. If we did but discover the horror and gravity of it, we should pursue it with fire and sword, and more justly than other crimes.
Page 662 - 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 303 - Still earlier, Rabelais cites him with due respect. Montaigne, in 1589, says: " We dunces had been lost, had not this book raised us out of the dirt. By this favor of his we dare now speak and write. The ladies are able to read to schoolmasters. 'Tis our breviary.
Page 83 - ... pound them to a pulp, which they mix with their wine, and drink it; where the...
Page 267 - Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powdered, still perfumed: Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound.
Page 64 - Inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras, Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum : Grata superveniet quae non sperabitur hora.