It makes people idolaters to themselves, and tyrants to all the world besides. Worthy of study at any time, the maxims are especially. He is a man for our own impatient, distracted times. Download pdf collected maxims and other reflections book full free. Download collected maxims and other reflections, francois. In england, john dryden, alexander pope, and jonathan swift produced some of the most memorable epigrams of their time. Excellent translation into english and expertly organized material. Collected maxims and other reflections, 2008, 400 pages, fran. As would plainly appear, if fortune did but furnish them with power and opportunities of shewing it. Moral reflections, sentences and maxims wikisource, the. Other articles where maxims and moral reflections is discussed. Collected maxims and other reflections, 2008, 400 pages.
Translated from the editions of 1678 and 1827 with introduction, notes, and some account of the author and his times. Click download or read online button to get maxims and reflections book now. Holland the translators preface the preface to the reader. Pdf collected maxims and other reflections download full. Or, sentences and moral maxims our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised. We are nearer loving those who hate us, than those who love us more than we desire.
Its called amourpropre, for which selflove is only a glib translation. It never rests, or fixes any where from home, and, if for a little while it dwell upon some other thing, tis only as bees. Collected maxims and other reflections available for download and read online in other formats. Selflove is the love of a mans own self, and of every thing else, for his own sake. A translation of reflections, or sentences and moral. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. This early english translation of the pillar of french. You can also read the full text online using our ereader. If we had no faults ourselves, we should not take such pleasure in observing those of others. This book is available for free download in a number of formats including epub, pdf, azw, mobi and more. New post fulltext search for articles, highlighting downloaded books, view pdf in a browser and download history correction in our blog. He served in the army against the spaniards in italy in 1629, in the netherlands and picardy in 163536, and again in flanders in 1639. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
A table of alternative maxim numbers and an index of topics help the reader to locate any maxim quickly. Oct 01, 2005 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Our virtues are, most often, only vices in disguise. Translated from the editions of 1678 and 1827 with introduction, notes, and some account of the author and his times by j. A translation of reflections, or sentences and moral maxims. The view of human conduct his writings describe has been summed up by the words everything is reducible to the motive of selfinterest, though the term gently cynical has also been applied. Maxims and reflections download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Linguistique, stylistique et traductologie presentee et soutenue par. How comes it that our memories are good enough to retain even the minutest details of what has befallen us, but not to recollect how many times we have recounted to the same person. Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised. Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire.