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] |