John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Michel Eyquem, seigneur de Montaigne. (1533–1592) (continued) |
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| Apollo said that every one’s 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. |
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| How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputation! 2 |
| Book ii. Chap. xvi. Of Glory. |
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| 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. |
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| One may be humble out of pride. |
| Book ii. Chap. xvii. Of Presumption. |
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| I find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice. |
| Book ii. Chap. xx. That we taste nothing pure. |
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| Saying is one thing, doing another. |
| Book ii. Chap. xxxi. Of Anger. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| The public weal requires that men should betray and lie and massacre. |
| Book iii. Chap. i. Of Profit and Honesty. |
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| Like rowers, who advance backward. 6 |
| Book iii. Chap. i. Of Profit and Honesty. |
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| 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. |
| Note 1. Xenophon: Mem. Socratis, i. 3, 1. [back] |
| Note 2. See Bentley, Quotation 1. [back] |
| Note 3. Seneca: Epistle 85. [back] |
| Note 4. See Shakespeare, As You Like It, Quotation 36. [back] |
| Note 5. See Browne, Quotation 7. [back] |
| Note 6. See Burton, Quotation 9. [back] |