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A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself. - Essays--Of Solitude [Loss] 'Tis so much to be a king, that he only is so by being so. - Essays--Of the Inconveniences of Greatness [Royalty] There never was in the world two opinions alike, no more that two hairs, or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity. - Essays--Of the Resemblance of Children to their Fathers [Opinion] Persons of mean understandings, not so inquisitive, nor so well instructed, are made good Christians, and by reverence and obedience, implicity believe, and abide by their belief. - Essays--Of Vain Subleties [Christianity] "Companions," said he [Saturninus], "you have lost a good captain, to make of him a bad general." - Essays--Of Vanity [Soldiers] There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws would not deserve hanging tem times in his life. - Essays--Of Vanity [Law] My appetite comes to me while eating. - Essays--Of Vanity (bk. III, ch. IX) [Appetite] I find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice. - Essays--That we Taste Nothing Pure [Virtue] And to bring in a new word by the head and shoulders, they leave out the old one. - Essays--Upon some Verses of Vergil [Words] Experience stands on its own dunghill in medicine, and reason yields it place. Medicine has always professed experience to be the touchstone of its operations. - Montaigne (bk. III, ch. 13) [Medicine] On the most exalted throne in the world, we are still seated on nothing but our arse. - Montaigne (bk. III, ch. 13) [Monarchy] There are some defeats more triumphant than victories. - Of Cannibals (ch. XXX) [Victory] The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from custom. - Of Custom and Law (ch. XXII) [Custom] Even opinion is of force enough to make itself to be espoused at the expense of life. - Of Good and Evil (ch. XL) [Opinion] Who is not sure of his memory should not attempt lying. [Fr., Qui ne sent point assez ferme de memoire, ne se doit pas meler d'etre menteur.] - Of Liars (bk. I, ch. IX) [Lying] One may be humble out of pride. - Of Presumption (bk. II, ch. XVII) [Humility] Like the watermen who advance forward while they look backward. - Of Profit and Honesty (bk. II, ch. XXIX) [Boating] Is it not a noble farce wherein kings, republics, and emperors have for so many ages played their parts, and to which the vast universe serves for a theatre? - Of the Most Excellent Men [World] Saturninus said, "Comrades, you have lost a good captain to make him an ill general." - Of Vanity (bk. III, ch. IX) [Change] Displaying page 9 of 9 for this author: << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 [9]
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