The Essays of Michel de Montaigne, Volume 3G. Bell & Sons, Limited, 1908 |
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... sometimes inconsiderately said something that I did not think , I have made a conscience of disowning it : other- wise , by degrees , we shall abolish all the right another derives from our promises and oaths . " Quasi vero forti viro ...
... sometimes inconsiderately said something that I did not think , I have made a conscience of disowning it : other- wise , by degrees , we shall abolish all the right another derives from our promises and oaths . " Quasi vero forti viro ...
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... sometimes contrary : whether it be that I am then another self , or that I take subjects by other circumstances and considera- tions : so it is , that I may peradventure contradict myself , but , as Demades said , I never contradict the ...
... sometimes contrary : whether it be that I am then another self , or that I take subjects by other circumstances and considera- tions : so it is , that I may peradventure contradict myself , but , as Demades said , I never contradict the ...
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... sometimes to encourage and sometimes to correct our- selves . I have my laws and my judicature to judge of myself , and apply myself more to these than to any other rules : I do , indeed , restrain my actions according to others ; but ...
... sometimes to encourage and sometimes to correct our- selves . I have my laws and my judicature to judge of myself , and apply myself more to these than to any other rules : I do , indeed , restrain my actions according to others ; but ...
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... sometimes not to be overcome . Being the other day at Armaignac , on the estate of a kinsman of mine , I there saw a country fellow who was by every one nicknamed the thief . He thus related the story of his life that being born a ...
... sometimes not to be overcome . Being the other day at Armaignac , on the estate of a kinsman of mine , I there saw a country fellow who was by every one nicknamed the thief . He thus related the story of his life that being born a ...
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... sometimes even to the possessors themselves , that spring and start up by incidental occasions ; if my prudence could not penetrate into nor foresee them , I blame it not : ' tis commissioned no further than its own limits ; if the ...
... sometimes even to the possessors themselves , that spring and start up by incidental occasions ; if my prudence could not penetrate into nor foresee them , I blame it not : ' tis commissioned no further than its own limits ; if 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.