John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Michel Eyquem, seigneur de Montaigne. (1533–1592) |
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| Man in sooth is a marvellous, vain, fickle, and unstable subject. 1 |
| Book i. Chap. i. That Men by various Ways arrive at the same End. |
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| All passions that suffer themselves to be relished and digested are but moderate. 2 |
| Book i. Chap. ii. Of Sorrow. |
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| It is not without good reason said, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying. 3 |
| Book i. Chap. ix. Of Liars. |
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| He who should teach men to die would at the same time teach them to live. 4 |
| Book i. Chap. xviii. That Men are not to judge of our Happiness till after Death. |
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| The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from custom. |
| Book i. Chap. xxii. Of Custom. |
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| Accustom him to everything, that he may not be a Sir Paris, a carpet-knight, 5 but a sinewy, hardy, and vigorous young man. |
| Book i. Chap. xxv. Of the Education of Children. |
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| We were halves throughout, and to that degree that methinks by outliving him I defraud him of his part. |
| Book i. Chap. xxvii. Of Friendship. |
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| There are some defeats more triumphant than victories. 6 |
| Book i. Chap. xxx. Of Cannibals. |
| Note 1. See Plutarch, Quotation 76. [back] |
| Note 2. See Raleigh, Quotation 3. Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent (Light griefs are loquacious, but the great are dumb).—Seneca: Hippolytus, ii. 3, 607. [back] |
| Note 3. See Sidney, Quotation 2. Mendacem memorem esse oportere (To be a liar, memory is necessary).—Quintilian: iv. 2, 91. [back] |
| Note 4. See Tickell, Quotation 3. [back] |
| Note 5. See Burton, Quotation 24. [back] |
| Note 6. See Bacon, Quotation 58. [back] |