The Essays of Montaigne

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The Essays of Montaigne Michel de Montaigne

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  NeitherdoIallowoftheconjectureoftheParians,senttoregulatetheMilesianssufficientforsuchaconsequenceastheyfromthencederivedcomingtovisittheisland,theytooknoticeofsuchgroundsaswerebesthusbanded,andsuchcountry—housesaswerebestgoverned;andhavingtakenthenamesoftheowners,whentheyhadassembledthecitizens,theyappointedthesefarmersfornewgovernorsandmagistrates;concludingthatthey,whohadbeensoprovidentintheirownprivateconcerns,wouldbesoofthepublictoo。Wearealllumps,andofsovariousandinformacontexture,thateverypieceplays,everymoment,itsowngame,andthereisasmuchdifferencebetwixtusandourselvesasbetwixtusandothers:

  \"Magnamremputa,unumhominemagere。\"

  [\"Esteemitagreatthingalwaystoactasoneandthesameman。\"——Seneca,Ep。,150。]

  Sinceambitioncanteachmanvalour,temperance,andliberality,andevenjusticetoo;seeingthatavaricecaninspirethecourageofashop—boy,bredandnursedupinobscurityandease,withtheassurancetoexposehimselfsofarfromthefiresidetothemercyofthewavesandangryNeptuneinafrailboat;thatshefurtherteachesdiscretionandprudence;andthatevenVenuscaninflateboysunderthedisciplineoftherodwithboldnessandresolution,andinfusemasculinecourageintotheheartoftendervirginsintheirmothers’arms:

  \"Hacduce,custodesfurtimtransgressajacentes,Adjuvenemtenebrissolapuellavenit:\"

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