No man is free from speaking foolish things; but the worst on’t is, when a man labours to play the fool:
‘Nae iste magno conatu magnas nugas dixerit.’
[‘Truly he, with a great effort will shortly say a mighty trifle.’—-Terence, Heaut., act iii., s. 4.]
This does not concern me; mine slip from me with as little care as they are of little value, and ’tis the better for them. I would presently part with them for what they are worth, and neither buy nor sell them, but as they weigh. I speak on paper, as I do to the first person I meet; and that this is true, observe what follows.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9786050366402 ● File size 0.4 MB ● Publisher Michel De Montaigne ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5106442 ● Copy protection Social DRM
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