The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen2J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 |
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... Socrates faid , that the principal office of wifdom was to diftinguish good from evil ; fo we , of whom the best of us are always vicious , ought to say the fame of the knowledge of distinguishing vices , without which , and that very ...
... Socrates faid , that the principal office of wifdom was to diftinguish good from evil ; fo we , of whom the best of us are always vicious , ought to say the fame of the knowledge of distinguishing vices , without which , and that very ...
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... Socrates , they fay , in days of yore , From toping blades the palm of drinking bore . That cenfor and corrector of others , Cato , lies under the reproach of having been alfo a hard drinker . Narratur et prifci Catonis Sape mero ...
... Socrates , they fay , in days of yore , From toping blades the palm of drinking bore . That cenfor and corrector of others , Cato , lies under the reproach of having been alfo a hard drinker . Narratur et prifci Catonis Sape mero ...
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... Socrates as much as a porter ? The violence of a diftem- per has made fome people forget their own names , and a flight wound has turned the brains of others . Be a man ever fo wife , he is ftill but a man , than whom what is there more ...
... Socrates as much as a porter ? The violence of a diftem- per has made fome people forget their own names , and a flight wound has turned the brains of others . Be a man ever fo wife , he is ftill but a man , than whom what is there more ...
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... the cards are fo fhuf- filed , your enemy not being diftinguished from yourself * In his treatife of Socrates's dæmon , ch . xxvii . by by any apparent mark , either of language or carriage Of Confcience . 45 Of Confcience.
... the cards are fo fhuf- filed , your enemy not being diftinguished from yourself * In his treatife of Socrates's dæmon , ch . xxvii . by by any apparent mark , either of language or carriage Of Confcience . 45 Of Confcience.
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... Socrates was the only man that heartily adopt- ed the precept of his God , " To know " himself , " and by that study acquired a contempt of himself , he was reckoncel the only one worthy to be called the wife Why Socrates was reckoned ...
... Socrates was the only man that heartily adopt- ed the precept of his God , " To know " himself , " and by that study acquired a contempt of himself , he was reckoncel the only one worthy to be called the wife Why Socrates was reckoned ...
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Æneid againſt alfo alſo amongst ancient anfwer beafts becauſe befides beſt body Cæfar Carneades caufe cauſe Cicero Clitomachus death defign defire Democritus difcover divine Epicurus exercife faid falfe fame fcience fear fect feems feen felf felves fenfes ferve feveral fhall fhew fhould fince firft foldiers fome fomething fometimes foul fpeak ftate ftrength fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fure give greateſt himſelf honour human ibid Idem itſelf judge judgment juft juftice knowledge Laert laft leaſt lefs live Lucret manner meaſure moft Montaigne moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffity never obferve occafion opinion ourſelves Ovid paffage paffion pafs pain perfon philofophers phyfic phyficians Plato pleafed pleaſe pleaſure Plutarch prefent purpoſe Pyrrho Quæft reafon refolution reft ſay Seneca ſpeak thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion truth underſtanding uſe virtue wherein whofe worfe
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Página 399 - He is often surprised between the hedge and the ditch ; he must run the hazard of his life against a henroost ; he must dislodge four rascally musketeers out of a barn ; he must prick out single from his party, as necessity arises, and meet adventures alone.
Página 403 - I care not so much what I am in the opinion of others, as what I am in my own ; I would be rich of myself, and not by borrowing.
Página 225 - For it is written, I will deftroy the wifdom of the wife^ " and will bring to nothing the underftanding of the prudent. " Where is the wife ? Where- is the fcribe ? Where is the difputer '* of this world ? Hath not God made foolifh the "wifdom of this
Página 518 - my sword and shield prepare !" He breathes defiance, blood, and mortal war. So when with crackling flames a cauldron fries, The bubbling waters from the bottom rise ; Above the brims they force their fiery way ; Black vapours climb aloft and cloud the day.
Página 398 - To what do Caesar and Alexander owe the infinite grandeur of their renown, but to fortune? How many men has she extinguished in the beginning of their progress, of whom we have no knowledge; who brought as much courage to the work as they, if their adverse hap had not cut them off in the first sally of their arms? Amongst so many and so great dangers, I do not remember...