["He is not readily beaten who provokes the enemy by shewing his throa… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

["He is not readily beaten who provokes the enemy by shewing his throat."--or: "He who presents himself to his foe, sells his life dear."--Lucan, iv. 275.]

Place: CHAPTER XLVII · ¶1517
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