| Author: | Michel De Montaigne | ISBN: | 9786050366402 |
| Publisher: | Michel De Montaigne | Publication: | March 20, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Michel De Montaigne |
| ISBN: | 9786050366402 |
| Publisher: | Michel De Montaigne |
| Publication: | March 20, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
No man is free from speaking foolish things; but the worst on't is, when a man labours to play the fool:
"Nae iste magno conatu magnas nugas dixerit."
["Truly he, with a great effort will shortly say a mighty trifle."—-Terence, Heaut., act iii., s. 4.]
This does not concern me; mine slip from me with as little care as they are of little value, and 'tis the better for them. I would presently part with them for what they are worth, and neither buy nor sell them, but as they weigh. I speak on paper, as I do to the first person I meet; and that this is true, observe what follows.
No man is free from speaking foolish things; but the worst on't is, when a man labours to play the fool:
"Nae iste magno conatu magnas nugas dixerit."
["Truly he, with a great effort will shortly say a mighty trifle."—-Terence, Heaut., act iii., s. 4.]
This does not concern me; mine slip from me with as little care as they are of little value, and 'tis the better for them. I would presently part with them for what they are worth, and neither buy nor sell them, but as they weigh. I speak on paper, as I do to the first person I meet; and that this is true, observe what follows.
