["But unless the mind is purified, what internal combats and dangers m… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

["But unless the mind is purified, what internal combats and dangers must we incur in spite of all our efforts! How many bitter anxieties, how many terrors, follow upon unregulated passion! What destruction befalls us from pride, lust, petulant anger! What evils arise from luxury and sloth!"--Lucretius, v. 4.]

Place: CHAPTER XXXVIII · ¶1215
License: Public domain · Source
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