The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: Translated Into English, Volumen3J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst [and 11 others], 1776 - 926 páginas |
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... less valid by its coming from the lips of him whe hates it , forafmuch as truth forces it from him ; and if he will not fincerely embrace it , he puts it on at least by way of ornament . Human policy fo full of im- perfection that it ...
... less valid by its coming from the lips of him whe hates it , forafmuch as truth forces it from him ; and if he will not fincerely embrace it , he puts it on at least by way of ornament . Human policy fo full of im- perfection that it ...
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... less his own mafter , but rather a flave to himself , who is eternally pursuing his own humour , and such a bigot to his inclinations , that he is not able to turn afide from them . I fpeak it now at this time of life , when I find it ...
... less his own mafter , but rather a flave to himself , who is eternally pursuing his own humour , and such a bigot to his inclinations , that he is not able to turn afide from them . I fpeak it now at this time of life , when I find it ...
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... . lib . vi . cap . 1 . never After having turned over many books in fearch of Montaigne's authority for this ftory , I found in Bayle's Dictionary never prostituted herself to less than a dictator , a 48 MONTAIGNE'S ESSAYS .
... . lib . vi . cap . 1 . never After having turned over many books in fearch of Montaigne's authority for this ftory , I found in Bayle's Dictionary never prostituted herself to less than a dictator , a 48 MONTAIGNE'S ESSAYS .
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Translated Into English Michel de Montaigne. never prostituted herself to less than a dictator , a conful , or a cenfor ; and folaced herself in the dignity of her lovers . Certainly pearl and tiffue , titles and attendants , add ...
Translated Into English Michel de Montaigne. never prostituted herself to less than a dictator , a conful , or a cenfor ; and folaced herself in the dignity of her lovers . Certainly pearl and tiffue , titles and attendants , add ...
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... of Diogenes Laertius , it can- not be thence inferred that Thales advised the man to take an oath for the fake of fhielding the greater evil by the less . eiously . ciously . Yet those women of our time , who 74 MONTAIGNE'S ESSAYS .
... of Diogenes Laertius , it can- not be thence inferred that Thales advised the man to take an oath for the fake of fhielding the greater evil by the less . eiously . ciously . Yet those women of our time , who 74 MONTAIGNE'S ESSAYS .
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Página 250 - Tis the supreme quality of a woman, which a man ought to seek before any other, as the only dowry that must ruin or preserve our houses. Let men say what they will, according to the experience I have learned, I require in married women the economical virtue above all other virtues...
Página 201 - ... reason. Those who have a lively imagination are a great deal more pleased with themselves than the wise can reasonably be. They look down upon men with haughtiness; they argue with boldness and confidence, others with fear and diffidence; and this gaiety of countenance often gives them the advantage in the opinion of the hearers, such favour have the imaginary wise in the eyes of judges of like nature.
Página 224 - The great and tedious debates," says a sensible French writer of the old political school, " about the best form of society, are only proper for the exercise of wit ; and have their being only in agitation and controversy. A new form of government might be of some value in a new world ; but ours is a world ready made to our hands, and in which each distinct form is blended by custom. We do not, like Pyrrho and Cadmus, make the world ; and by whatever authority it is we assert the privilege of setting...
Página 294 - is a friend to all men." The principal charge we have is, to every one to take care of himself: and it is for this that we here live.
Página 326 - How much more natural and likely do I find it that two men should lie than that one man in twelve hours' time should fly with the wind from east to west ? How much more natural that our understanding should be carried from its place by the volubility of our disordered minds, than that one of us should be carried by a strange spirit upon a...