The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Essays of Montaigne, Volume 16 by Michel de MontaigneThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Essays of Montaigne, Volume 16Author: Michel de MontaigneRelease Date: September 1, 2006 [EBook #3596]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ESSAYS OF MONTAIGNE, VOLUME 16 ***Produced by David WidgerESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNETranslated by Charles CottonEdited by William Carew Hazilitt1877CONTENTS OF VOLUME 16.VI. Of Coaches.VII. Of the Inconvenience of Greatness.VIII. Of the Art of Conference.CHAPTER VIOF COACHESIt is very easy to verify, that great authors, when they write of causes, not only make use of those they think to be the truecauses, but also of those they believe not to be so, provided they have in them some beauty and invention: they speaktrue and usefully enough, if it be ingeniously. We cannot make ourselves sure of the supreme cause, and therefore crowda great many together, to see if it may not accidentally be amongst them: "Namque unam dicere causam Non satis est, verum plures, unde una tamen sit."[Lucretius, vi. 704.—The sense is in the preceding passage.]Do you ask me, whence comes the custom of blessing those who sneeze? We break wind ...
The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Essays of Montaigne, Volume 16 by Michel de Montaigne This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net
Title: The Essays of Montaigne, Volume 16 Author: Michel de Montaigne Release Date: September 1, 2006 [EBook #3596] Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ESSAYS OF MONTAIGNE, VOLUME 16 ***
Produced by David Widger
ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
Translated by Charles Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazilitt 1877