The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Essays of Montaigne, Volume 14 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 14Author: Michel de MontaigneRelease Date: September 17, 2006 [EBook #3594]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ESSAYS OF MONTAIGNE, VOLUME 14 ***Produced by David WidgerESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNETranslated by Charles CottonEdited by William Carew Hazilitt1877CONTENTS OF VOLUME 14.I. Of Profit and Honesty.II. Of Repentance.III. Of Three Commerces.IV. Of Diversion.ESSAYS OF MONTAIGNEBOOK THE THIRDCHAPTER IOF PROFIT AND HONESTYNo man is free from speaking foolish things; but the worst on't is, when a man labours to play the fool:"Nae iste magno conatu magnas nugas dixerit." ["Truly he, with a great effort will shortly say a mighty trifle." —-Terence, Heaut., act iii., s. 4.]This does not concern me; mine slip from me with as little care as they are of little value, and 'tis the better for them. Iwould presently part with them for what they are worth, and neither buy nor sell them, but as they weigh. I speak on paper,as I do to the first person I meet; and that this is true, observe what follows.To whom ought not treachery to be hateful, when ...
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