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Walden by Henry David ThoreauOn the Duty of Civil Disobedience
I heartily accept the motto, — “That government is best which governs least”; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically.
Treatises on Friendship and Old Age by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Prepared by David Reed haradda@aol.com or davidr@inconnect.com Treatises on Friendship and Old Age by Marcus Tullius Cicero Translated by E S Shuckburgh INTRODUCTORY NOTE MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO, the greatest of Roman orators and the chief master of Latin prose style, was born at Arpinum, Jan. 3,106 B.C. His father, who was a man of property
The System of Nature, Vol 2 by Baron D’Holbach
Produced by Freethought Archives and Distributed Proofreaders PRODUCTION NOTES: First published in French in 1770 under the pseudonym of Mirabaud. This e-book based on a facsimile reprint of an English translation originally published 1820-21. This e-text covers the second of the original two volumes. THE SYSTEM OF NATURE; or, _THE LAWS_ of the MORAL AND
The System of Nature, Vol 1 by Baron D’Holbach
Produced by Freethought Archives and Distributed Proofreaders PRODUCTION NOTES: First published in French in 1770 under the pseudonym of Mirabaud. This e-book based on a facsimile reprint of an English translation originally published 1820-21. This e-text covers the first of the original two volumes. THE SYSTEM OF NATURE Volume I Paul Henri Thiery, Baron d’Holbach
The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
It is very true that, after acquiring rebellious provinces a second time, they are not so lightly lost afterwards, because the prince, with little reluctance, takes the opportunity of the rebellion to punish the delinquents, to clear out the suspects, and to strengthen himself in the weakest places.
The Kingdom of God is within you by Leo Tolstoy
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The Essays of Montaigne, V19 by Michel de Montaigne
This etext was produced by David Widger ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Translated by Charles Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazilitt 1877 CONTENTS OF VOLUME 19. XIII. Of Experience. CHAPTER XIII OF EXPERIENCE There is no desire more natural than that of knowledge. We try all ways that can lead us to it; where reason
The Essays of Montaigne, V18 by Michel de Montaigne
This etext was produced by David Widger ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Translated by Charles Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazilitt 1877 CONTENTS OF VOLUME 18. X. Of Managing the Will. XI. Of Cripples. XII. Of Physiognomy. CHAPTER X OF MANAGING THE WILL Few things, in comparison of what commonly affect other men, move, or,
The Essays of Montaigne, V17 by Michel de Montaigne
This etext was produced by David Widger ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Translated by Charles Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazilitt 1877 CONTENTS OF VOLUME 17. IX. Of Vanity CHAPTER IX OF VANITY There is, peradventure, no more manifest vanity than to write of it so vainly. That which divinity has so divinely expressed to
The Essays of Montaigne, V16 by Michel de Montaigne
This etext was produced by David Widger ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Translated by Charles Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazilitt 1877 CONTENTS OF VOLUME 16. VI. Of Coaches. VII. Of the Inconvenience of Greatness. VIII. Of the Art of Conference. CHAPTER VI OF COACHES It is very easy to verify, that great authors, when
The Essays of Montaigne, V15 by Michel de Montaigne
This etext was produced by David Widger ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Translated by Charles Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazilitt 1877 CONTENTS OF VOLUME 15. V. Upon Some verses of Virgil. CHAPTER V UPON SOME VERSES OF VIRGIL CHAPTER V. By how much profitable thoughts are more full and solid, by so much are