For this reason it is that, when we judge of a particular action, we a… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

For this reason it is that, when we judge of a particular action, we are to consider the circumstances, and the whole man by whom it is performed, before we give it a name.

Place: CHAPTER XI · ¶2144
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