John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9271 Mihel Eyquem
| NUMBER: | 9271 |
| AUTHOR: | Michel Eyquem, seigneur de Montaigne (1533–1592) |
| QUOTATION: | All passions that suffer themselves to be relished and digested are but moderate. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Book i. Chap. ii. Of Sorrow. |
| Note 1. See Raleigh, Quotation 3. Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent (Light griefs are loquacious, but the great are dumb).—Seneca: Hippolytus, ii. 3, 607. [back] |