Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 08

Michel de Montaigne

ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Translated by Charles Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazlitt 1877 CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1. Preface The Life of Montaigne The Letters of Montaigne ...

Michel de Montaigne

The most usual way of appeasing the indignation of such as we have any way offended, when we see them in possession of the power of revenge, and find that we absolutely lie at their mercy, is by su...

Michel de Montaigne

QUOTES AND IMAGES FROM MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE THE ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE QUOTATIONS FROM THE FIVE VOLUMES With Five Etchings A child should not be brought up in his mother's lap A g...

Michel de Montaigne

CHAPTER XXVII OF FRIENDSHIP Having considered the proceedings of a painter that serves me, I had a mind to imitate his way.

Washington Irving

A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flushing round a summer sky.

Ayn Rand

PART ONE It is a sin to write this.

Aristophanes

statement is made that it may be rejected.

William Strunk

This book aims to give in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style.