Essays — Michel de Montaigne

Essays

Michel de Montaigne · Άδεια: Public domain · Πηγή

• "Perche, dubbiosa ancor del suo ritorno, Non s'assicura attonita la mente." CHAPTER VI · ¶1971
• "Come quel ch'or apre, or'chiude Gli occhi, mezzo tra'l sonno e l'esser desto." CHAPTER VI · ¶1974
• "Vi morbi saepe coactus Ante oculos aliquis nostros, ut fulminis ictu, Concidit, et spumas agit; ingemit, et tremit artus; Desipit, extentat nervos, torquetur, anhelat, Inconstanter, et in jactando membra fatigat;" CHAPTER VI · ¶1978
• or hurt in the head, whom we hear to mutter, and by fits to utter grievous groans; though we gather from these signs by which it seems as if they had some remains of consciousness, and that there are movements of the body; I have always believed, I say, both the body and the soul benumbed and asleep, CHAPTER VI · ¶1980
• "Vivit, et est vitae nescius ipse suae," CHAPTER VI · ¶1981
• "Hunc ego Diti Sacrum jussa fero, teque isto corpore solvo." CHAPTER VI · ¶1985
• "Semianimesque micant digiti, ferrumque retractant;" CHAPTER VI · ¶1989
• so falling people extend their arms before them by a natural impulse, which prompts our limbs to offices and motions without any commission from our reason. CHAPTER VI · ¶1991
• "Falciferos memorant currus abscindere membra . . . Ut tremere in terra videatur ab artubus id quod Decidit abscissum; cum mens tamen atque hominis vis Mobilitate mali, non quit sentire dolorem." CHAPTER VI · ¶1992
• "Ut tandem sensus convaluere mei," CHAPTER VI · ¶1996
• "In vitium ducit culpae fuga." CHAPTER VI · ¶2000
• Edited by William Carew Hazlitt CHAPTER VI · ¶2009
• VII. Of recompenses of honour. VIII. Of the affection of fathers to their children. IX. Of the arms of the Parthians. X. Of books. XI. Of cruelty. XII. Apology for Raimond Sebond. CHAPTER VI · ¶2012
• "Cui malus est nemo, quis bonus esse potest?" CHAPTER VII · ¶2016
• "Neque enim eaedem militares et imperatorix artes sunt," CHAPTER VII · ¶2020
• "Et errat longe mea quidem sententia Qui imperium credat esse gravius, aut stabilius, Vi quod fit, quam illud, quod amicitia adjungitur." CHAPTER VIII · ¶2033
• Do we desire to be beloved of our children? Will we remove from them all occasion of wishing our death though no occasion of so horrid a wish can either be just or excusable? CHAPTER VIII · ¶2036
• "Nullum scelus rationem habet." CHAPTER VIII · ¶2037
• "Ma, or congiunto a giovinetta sposa, E lieto omai de' figli, era invilito Negli affetti di padre et di marito." CHAPTER VIII · ¶2041
• "Solve senescentem mature sanus equum, ne Peccet ad extremum ridendus, et ilia ducat." CHAPTER VIII · ¶2045
• "Tentatum mollescit ebur, positoque rigore, Subsidit digitis." CHAPTER VIII · ¶2067
• "Intolerantissima laboris corpora vix arma humeris gerebant." CHAPTER IX · ¶2071
• Many nations do yet, and did anciently, go to war without defensive arms, or with such, at least, as were of very little proof: CHAPTER IX · ¶2073
• "Tegmina queis capitum, raptus de subere cortex." CHAPTER IX · ¶2074
• Now 'tis nothing but the not being used to wear it that makes the weight of our armour so intolerable: CHAPTER IX · ¶2078
• "L'usbergo in dosso haveano, et l'elmo in testa, Due di questi guerrier, de' quali io canto; Ne notte o di, d' appoi ch' entraro in questa Stanza, gl'haveano mai messi da canto; Che facile a portar come la vesta Era lor, perche in uso l'havean tanto:" CHAPTER IX · ¶2079
• the Emperor Caracalla was wont to march on foot, completely armed, at the head of his army. The Roman infantry always carried not only a morion, a sword, and a shield (for as to arms, says Cicero, they were so accustomed to have them always on, that they were no more trouble to them than their own limbs): CHAPTER IX · ¶2081
• "Arma enim membra militis esse dicunt." CHAPTER IX · ¶2082
• but, moreover, fifteen days' provision, together with a certain number of stakes, wherewith to fortify their camp, sixty pounds in weight. And Marius' soldiers, laden at the same rate, were inured to march in order of battle five leagues in five hours, and sometimes, upon any urgent occasion, six. CHAPTER IX · ¶2083
• "Flexilis inductis animatur lamina membris, Horribilis visu; credas simulacra moveri Ferrea, cognatoque viros spirare metallo. Par vestitus equis: ferrata fronte minantur, Ferratosque movent, securi vulneris, armos." CHAPTER IX · ¶2086

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