Maxioms by Michael Eyquen De Montaigne
A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.
A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.
He who should teach men to die, would at the same time teach them
to live.
He who should teach men to die, would at the same time teach them
to live.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Like the watermen who advance forward while they look backward.
Like the watermen who advance forward while they look backward.
Whom conscience, ne'er asleep,
Wounds with incessant strokes, not loud, but deep.
Whom conscience, ne'er asleep,
Wounds with incessant strokes, not loud, but deep.
