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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... virtue is no 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 ...
... virtue is no 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 ...
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... virtues . But we ought not , though it is our daily practice , to call a bitterness and rough- nefs of temper which fpring from pri- vate intereft and paffion , by the name of duty , nor a treacherous and malicious conduct , by the name ...
... virtues . But we ought not , though it is our daily practice , to call a bitterness and rough- nefs of temper which fpring from pri- vate intereft and paffion , by the name of duty , nor a treacherous and malicious conduct , by the name ...
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... virtue muft abate very much of its original vigour ; and many vicious actions are intro- duced , not only by their permiffion , but alfo by their perfuafion . Ex fenatus - confultis plebifque fcitis fcelera exer- centur S. The ...
... virtue muft abate very much of its original vigour ; and many vicious actions are intro- duced , not only by their permiffion , but alfo by their perfuafion . Ex fenatus - confultis plebifque fcitis fcelera exer- centur S. The ...
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... virtue of his edict , though he a flave , he was instantly thrown headlong from the Tar- peian rock . was no longer Another exam- ple of the like justice by king Clovis . And our king Clovis inftead of armour of gold , which he had ...
... virtue of his edict , though he a flave , he was instantly thrown headlong from the Tar- peian rock . was no longer Another exam- ple of the like justice by king Clovis . And our king Clovis inftead of armour of gold , which he had ...
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... virtue ought to force of any obligation of ours . In what cafe a private man is break his pro- authorised mife . to fuperfede the How very deli cate Epamiondas was in the article of justice . I have formerly placed Epaminondas in the ...
... virtue ought to force of any obligation of ours . In what cafe a private man is break his pro- authorised mife . to fuperfede the How very deli cate Epamiondas was in the article of justice . I have formerly placed Epaminondas in the ...
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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...