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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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    For truth itself has not the privilege to be spoken at all times and in all sorts.
          Book iii. Chap. xiii. Of Experience.
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    The diversity of physical arguments and opinions embraces all sorts of methods.
          Book iii. Chap. xiii. Of Experience.
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    Let us a little permit Nature to take her own way; she better understands her own affairs than we.
          Book iii. Chap. xiii. Of Experience.
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    I have ever loved to repose myself, whether sitting or lying, with my heels as high or higher than my head.
          Book iii. Chap. xiii. Of Experience.
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    I, who have so much and so universally adored this [greek], “excellent mediocrity,” 1 of ancient times, and who have concluded the most moderate measure the most perfect, shall I pretend to an unreasonable and prodigious old age?
          Book iii. Chap. xiii. Of Experience.
 
Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas. (1544–1590)
 
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    The world ’s a stage 2 where God’s omnipotence,
His justice, knowledge, love, and providence
Do act the parts.
          First Week, First Day.
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    And reads, though running, 3 all these needful motions.
          First Week, First Day.
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    Mercy and justice, marching cheek by joule.
          First Week, First Day.
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    Not unlike the bear which bringeth forth
In the end of thirty dayes a shapeless birth;
But after licking, it in shape she drawes,
And by degrees she fashions out the pawes,
The head, and neck, and finally doth bring
To a perfect beast that first deformed thing. 4
          First Week, First Day.
 
Note 1.
See Cowper, Quotation 112. [back]
Note 2.
See Shakespeare. As You Like It, Quotation 36. [back]
Note 3.
See Cowper, Quotation 98. [back]
Note 4.
See Burton, Quotation 7. [back]