The Essays of Michel De Montaigne
Contributors: George B. Ives (Translator)
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: January 31, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 824
ISBN-13: 9781419129582
Subjects: Essays, journals, letters & other prose works; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literary Collections; Literature: Classics; Essays
First sentence: THE most usual way to soften the hearts of those we have offended, when, having vengeance in their hand, they hold us at their mercy, is to move them by submission to commiseration and pity; defiance, courage, and resolution -means altogether different-have sometimes served the same purpose.