| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| | | Michel Eyquem, seigneur de Montaigne. (15331592) (continued) |
| | | 9297 | | Apollo said that every ones true worship was that which he found in use in the place where he chanced to be. 1 |
| Book ii. Chap. xii. Apology for Raimond Sebond. |
| 9298 | | How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputation! 2 |
| Book ii. Chap. xvi. Of Glory. |
| 9299 | | The mariner of old said to Neptune in a great tempest, O God! thou mayest save me if thou wilt, and if thou wilt thou mayest destroy me; but whether or no, I will steer my rudder true. 3 |
| Book ii. Chap. xvi. Of Glory. |
| 9300 | | One may be humble out of pride. |
| Book ii. Chap. xvii. Of Presumption. |
| 9301 | | I find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice. |
| Book ii. Chap. xx. That we taste nothing pure. |
| 9302 | | Saying is one thing, doing another. |
| Book ii. Chap. xxxi. Of Anger. |
| 9303 | | Is it not a noble farce, wherein kings, republics, and emperors have for so many ages played their parts, and to which the whole vast universe serves for a theatre? 4 |
| Book ii. Chap. xxxvi. Of the most Excellent Men. |
| 9304 | | Nature forms us for ourselves, not for others; to be, not to seem. |
| Book ii. Chap. xxxvii. Of the Resemblance of Children to their Brothers. |
| 9305 | | There never was in the world two opinions alike, no more than two hairs or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity. 5 |
| Book ii. Chap. xxxvii. Of the Resemblance of Children to their Fathers. |
| 9306 | | The public weal requires that men should betray and lie and massacre. |
| Book iii. Chap. i. Of Profit and Honesty. |
| 9307 | | Like rowers, who advance backward. 6 |
| Book iii. Chap. i. Of Profit and Honesty. |
| 9308 | | I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little the more as I grow older. |
| Book iii. Chap ii. Of Repentance. |
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