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A parrot would say as
much as that
Agesilaus, what he thought
most proper for boys to learn?
But it is not enough
that our education does not spoil us
Conscience, which we
pretend to be derived from nature
Culling out of several
books the sentences that best please me
“Custom,”
replied Plato, “is no little thing”
Education
Examine, who is better
learned, than who is more learned
Fear and distrust invite
and draw on offence
Fortune will still be
mistress of events
Fox, who found fault
with what he could not obtain
Fruits of public commotion
are seldom enjoyed
Gave them new and more
plausible names for their excuse
Give me time to recover
my strength and health
Great presumption to
be so fond of one’s own opinions
Gross impostures of
religions
Hoary head and rivelled
face of ancient usage
Hold a stiff rein upon
suspicion
I have a great aversion
from a novelty
Knowledge is not so
absolutely necessary as judgment
Laws do what they can,
when they cannot do what they would
Man can never be wise
but by his own wisdom
Memories are full enough,
but the judgment totally void
Miracles appear to be
so, according to our ignorance of nature
Nothing noble can be
performed without danger
Only set the humours
they would purge more violently in work
Ought not to expect
much either from his vigilance or power
Ought to withdraw and
retire his soul from the crowd
Over-circumspect and
wary prudence is a mortal enemy
Physic
Physician worse physicked
Plays of children are
not performed in play
Present himself with
a halter about his neck to the people
Rome was more valiant
before she grew so learned
Study to declare what
is justice, but never took care to do it.
Testimony of the truth
from minds prepossessed by custom?
They neither instruct
us to think well nor to do well
Think of physic as much
good or ill as any one would have me
Use veils from us the
true aspect of things
Victorious envied the
conquered
We only labour to stuff
the memory
We take other men’s
knowledge and opinions upon trust
Weakness and instability
of a private and particular fancy
What they ought to do
when they come to be men
Whosoever despises his
own life, is always master
Worse endure an ill-contrived
robe than an ill-contrived mind