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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Page 36
... humour : 1 Plutarch , Apothegm . * We may give advice to others , says Rochefoucauld , but we cannot supply them with the wit to profit by it . what I profess , which is to settle and wholly 36 [ Book iii . Of Repentance .
... humour : 1 Plutarch , Apothegm . * We may give advice to others , says Rochefoucauld , but we cannot supply them with the wit to profit by it . what I profess , which is to settle and wholly 36 [ Book iii . Of Repentance .
Page 43
... humour of mine to separate myself from a thousand to whom my fortune has conjoined me , and without whom I cannot live , and cleave to one or two who are out of my intercourse ; or , rather a fantastic desire of a thing I cannot obtain ...
... humour of mine to separate myself from a thousand to whom my fortune has conjoined me , and without whom I cannot live , and cleave to one or two who are out of my intercourse ; or , rather a fantastic desire of a thing I cannot obtain ...
Page 44
... humour , as much as the plague . I should commend a soul of several stages , that knows both how to stretch and to slacken itself ; that finds itself at ease in all conditions whither fortune leads it ; that can discourse with a ...
... humour , as much as the plague . I should commend a soul of several stages , that knows both how to stretch and to slacken itself ; that finds itself at ease in all conditions whither fortune leads it ; that can discourse with a ...
Page 48
... humour cheerfully to frequent great company , provided it be by intervals and at my own time but this softness of judgment whereof I speak , ties me perforce to solitude . Even at home , amidst a numerous family , and in a house ...
... humour cheerfully to frequent great company , provided it be by intervals and at my own time but this softness of judgment whereof I speak , ties me perforce to solitude . Even at home , amidst a numerous family , and in a house ...
Page 52
... humour , who never prostituted herself to less than a dictator , a consul , or a censor , and took pleasure in the dignity of her lovers . Doubtless pearls and gold tissue , titles and train , add something to it . As to the rest , I ...
... humour , who never prostituted herself to less than a dictator , a consul , or a censor , and took pleasure in the dignity of her lovers . Doubtless pearls and gold tissue , titles and train , add something to it . As to the rest , I ...
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Popular passages
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.