["As the scale of the balance must give way to the weight that presses… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

["As the scale of the balance must give way to the weight that presses it down, so the mind yields to demonstration." --Cicero, Acad., ii. 12.]

Place: CHAPTER XXVI · ¶934
License: Public domain · Source
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