Essays, tr. by C. Cotton, with some account of the life of Montaigne, notes and a tr. of all the letters, ed. by W.C. Hazlitt, Volume 3 |
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... affection simply loyal and respectful , neither prompted nor restrained by any private interest , and I love myself for it . Nor does the general and just 1 Plutarch , on the Difference between a Flatterer and a Friend , c . 21 . " " 1 ...
... affection simply loyal and respectful , neither prompted nor restrained by any private interest , and I love myself for it . Nor does the general and just 1 Plutarch , on the Difference between a Flatterer and a Friend , c . 21 . " " 1 ...
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... affection unmoved and without inclination in the troubles of his country and public divisions , I neither think it handsome nor honest : " Ea non media , sed nulla via est , velut eventum exspectantium , quo fortunæ consilia sua ...
... affection unmoved and without inclination in the troubles of his country and public divisions , I neither think it handsome nor honest : " Ea non media , sed nulla via est , velut eventum exspectantium , quo fortunæ consilia sua ...
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... affection ( for that is capable of different measure ) , at least with an affection moderate , well tempered , and such as shall not so engage you to one party , that it may demand all you are able to do for that side , content yourself ...
... affection ( for that is capable of different measure ) , at least with an affection moderate , well tempered , and such as shall not so engage you to one party , that it may demand all you are able to do for that side , content yourself ...
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... affectionate , or so loyal , as to be fit to betray any- one he , who is unfaithful to himself , is excusably so to his master . But they are ... affection should otherwise incline me , my hand should 8 [ Book iii . Of Profit and Honesty .
... affectionate , or so loyal , as to be fit to betray any- one he , who is unfaithful to himself , is excusably so to his master . But they are ... affection should otherwise incline me , my hand should 8 [ Book iii . Of Profit and Honesty .
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne William Carew Hazlitt. my affection should otherwise incline me , my hand should presently obey it ; the will and desire are a law to them- selves ; but actions must receive commission from the public ...
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne William Carew Hazlitt. my affection should otherwise incline me , my hand should presently obey it ; the will and desire are a law to them- selves ; but actions must receive commission from the public ...
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Page 35 - ... huic versatile ingenium sic pariter ad omnia fuit, ut natum ad id unum diceres quodcumque ageret...
Page 136 - Dum nova canities, dum prima et recta senectus, Dum superest Lachesi, quod torqueat, et pedibus me Porto meis, nullo dextram subeunte bacillo.
Page 153 - Baltheus en gemmis, en illita portions auro : "* all the sides of this vast space filled and environed, from. the bottom to the top, with three or fourscore rows of seats, all of marble also, and covered with cushions, " Exeat, inquit, Si pudor est, et de pulvino surgat equestri, Cujus res legi non sufficit.
Page 104 - Audio, quid veteres olim moneatis amici: Pone seram, cohibe: sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes ? cauta est et ab illis incipit uxor.
Page 161 - ... love in biting and scratching : it is not vigorous and generous enough, if it be not quarrelsome, if...
Page 18 - 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 327 - Quis deus hanc mundi temperet arte domum, Qua venit exoriens, qua deficit, unde coactis Cornibus in plenum menstrua luna redit, Unde salo superant venti, quid flamine captet Eurus, et in nubes unde perennis aqua, 30 Sit ventura dies, mundi quae subruat arces...
Page 274 - Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas, Atque metus omnes, et inexorabile fatum Subjecit pedibus, strepitumque Acherontis avari.
Page 277 - But there is a sort of ignorance, strong and generous, that yields nothing in honour and courage to knowledge ; an ignorance which to conceive requires no less knowledge than to conceive knowledge itself.
Page 269 - Etenim ipsae se impellunt, ubi semel a ratione discessum est, ipsaque sibi imbecillitas indulget in altumque provehitur imprudens nee reperit locum consistendi.