The Essays of Michel de Montaigne, Volume 3G. Bell & Sons, Limited, 1908 |
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... rule in their school that could match this natural motion , and maintain an appear- ance of liberty and licence , so equal and inflexible , through so many various and crooked paths , and that all their wit and endeavour could never ...
... rule in their school that could match this natural motion , and maintain an appear- ance of liberty and licence , so equal and inflexible , through so many various and crooked paths , and that all their wit and endeavour could never ...
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... rules : we must yield to them , but with great moderation and cir- cumspection : no private utility is of such importance that we should upon that account strain our consciences to such a degree : the public may be , when very manifest ...
... rules : we must yield to them , but with great moderation and cir- cumspection : no private utility is of such importance that we should upon that account strain our consciences to such a degree : the public may be , when very manifest ...
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... rules in philosophy that are both false and weak . The example that is proposed to us for preferring private utility before faith given , has not weight enough by the circumstance they put to it ; robbers have seized you , and after ...
... rules in philosophy that are both false and weak . The example that is proposed to us for preferring private utility before faith given , has not weight enough by the circumstance they put to it ; robbers have seized you , and after ...
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... rules : I do , indeed , restrain my actions according to others ; but extend them not by any other rule than my own . You yourself only know if you are cowardly and cruel , loyal and devout : others see you not , and only guess at you ...
... rules : I do , indeed , restrain my actions according to others ; but extend them not by any other rule than my own . You yourself only know if you are cowardly and cruel , loyal and devout : others see you not , and only guess at you ...
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... rule of man ; if again they taste blood , their rage and fury return , their jaws are erected by thirst of blood , and they scarcely forbear to assail their trembling masters . ” - LUCAN , iv . 237 . nothing strange or extreme in the ...
... rule of man ; if again they taste blood , their rage and fury return , their jaws are erected by thirst of blood , and they scarcely forbear to assail their trembling masters . ” - LUCAN , iv . 237 . nothing strange or extreme in the ...
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Page 98 - Nam tu sola potes tranquilla pace iuvare mortalis, quoniam belli fera moenera Mavors armipotens regit, in gremium qui saepe tuum se reicit aeterno devictus vulnere amoris, atque ita suspiciens tereti cervice reposta pascit amore avidos inhians in te, dea, visus, eque tuo pendet resupini spiritus ore.
Page 232 - Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. 20 And again. The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
Page 94 - Audio, quid veteres olim moneatis amici: Pone seram, cohibe: sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes ? cauta est et ab illis incipit uxor.
Page 70 - Tithonia flectere coniunx. aspice qui coeant populi, quae moenia clausis 385 ferrum acuant portis in me excidiumque meorum.' dixerat et niveis hinc atque hinc diva lacertis cunctantem amplexu molli fovet. ille repente accepit solitam flammam, notusque medullas intravit calor et labefacta per ossa cucurrit, 390 non secus atque olim tonitru cum rupta corusco ignea rima micans percurrit lumine nimbos.
Page 157 - ... love in biting and scratching. It is not vigorous and generous enough if it be not quarrelsome ; if civilized and artificial, if it treads nicely, and fears the shock.
Page 20 - 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 264 - I am betimes sensible of the little breezes that begin to sing and whistle in the shrouds, the fore-runners of the storm : 1 Buchanan.
Page 215 - ... tis ridiculous and unjust that the laziness of our wives should be maintained with our sweat and labour. No man, so far as in me lies, shall have a clearer, a more quiet and free fruition of his estate than I. If the husband bring matter, nature herself will that the wife find the form. As to the duties of conjugal friendship, that some think to be impaired by these absences, I am quite of another opinion. It is, on the contrary, an intelligence that easily cools by a too frequent and assiduous...
Page 74 - 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 138 - ... tis short both in extent of time and extent of matter: Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona Multi, sed omnes illacrymabiles Urgentur, ignotique longa Nocte.