 ... or more heteroclite insipidity then for one to move or vex himselfe at the fondnesse, at the gullishnesse, or insipidity of the world : For it principally formalizeth and moveth us against our selves : and that Philosopher of former ages should never...  The Essayes of Michael, Lord of Montaigne - Page 165by Michel de Montaigne - 1921Full view - About this book
 | Michel de Montaigne - 1893 - 428 pages
...thing of worth to bee enjoyed. Now, what if I take things otherwise then they are? So it may CHAPTER bee : And therefore I accuse my impatience. And first...ought others to doe ? In fine, wee must live with the quicke, and let the water runne under the bridge, without any care, or at least without alteration... | |
 | Charles Crawford - English literature - 1907 - 172 pages
...pithy sayings of this kind, as I have shown. The story is told by Montaigne of Miso, one of the seven sages (a man of a Timonian disposition and Democraticall...laughed alone, he answered, because I laugh alone. — Book III. chap. viii. p. 474, col. I. Take another instance. When Hanno has heard the tale of misfortune... | |
 | Michel de Montaigne - Ethics - 1928 - 448 pages
...different from his : and verily, since there is not a greater fondnesse, a more constant gullisfmesse, or more heteroclite insipidity then for one to move...day, according to my selfe ; and then how much more frequer' ^ to others? And if I bite mine owne lips at 'Jght others to doe? In fine, wee must live ,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1906 - 806 pages
...pithy sayings of this kind, as I have shown. The story is told by Montaigne of Miso, one of the seven sages (a man of a Timonian disposition and Democraticall...being demanded whereat he laughed alone, he answered, Iwcause I laugh alone. — Book iii. chap. viii. p. 474, col. 1. Take another instance. When Hanno... | |
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