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common�察�adverse�察�and injurious tongues�察�who rather suffered his authority
to be dissected by the vain fancies of men�察�than to do less well in his
charge with a favourable reputation and the popular applause。

There is I know not what natural sweetness in hearing one's self
commended�察�but we are a great deal too fond of it��

         ;Laudari metuam�察�neque enim mihi cornea fibra est
          Sed recti finemque extremumque esse recuso
          Euge tuum�察�et belle。;

     �А�I should fear to be praised�察�for my heart is not made of horn��
     but I deny that 'excellentadmirably done��' are the terms and
     final aim of virtue。;Persius�察�i。 47。��

I care not so much what I am in the opinions of others�察�as what I am in
my own�察�I would be rich of myself�察�and not by borrowing。  Strangers see
nothing but events and outward appearances�察�everybody can set a good face
on the matter�察�when they have trembling and terror within�此�they do not
see my heart�察�they see but my countenance。  One is right in decrying the
hypocrisy that is in war�察�for what is more easy to an old soldier than to
shift in a time of danger�察�and to counterfeit the brave when he has no
more heart than a chicken�拭 �There are so many ways to avoid hazarding a
man's own person�察�that we have deceived the world a thousand times before
we come to be engaged in a real danger�此�and even then�察�finding ourselves
in an inevitable necessity of doing something�察�we can make shift for that
time to conceal our apprehensions by setting a good face on the business��
though the heart beats within�察�and whoever had the use of the Platonic
ring�察�which renders those invisible that wear it�察�if turned inward
towards the palm of the hand�察�a great many would very often hide
themselves when they ought most to appear�察�and would repent being placed
in so honourable a post�察�where necessity must make them bold。

              ;Falsus honor juvat�察�et mendax infamia terret
               Quem nisi mendosum et mendacem�拭�

          �А�False honour pleases�察�and calumny affrights�察�the guilty
          and the sick。;Horace�察�Ep。�察�i。 16�察�89。��

Thus we see how all the judgments that are founded upon external
appearances�察�are marvellously uncertain and doubtful�察�and that there is
no so certain testimony as every one is to himself。  In these�察�how many
soldiers' boys are companions of our glory�拭 �he who stands firm in an
open trench�察�what does he in that more than fifty poor pioneers who open
to him the way and cover it with their own bodies for fivepence a day
pay�察�do before him��

              ;Non quicquid turbida Roma
               Elevet�察�accedas�察�examenque improbum in illa
               Castiges trutina�此�nec to quaesiveris extra。;

     �А�Do not�察�if turbulent Rome disparage anything�察�accede�察�nor correct
     a false balance by that scale�察�nor seek anything beyond thyself。;
     Persius�察�Sat。�察�i。 5。��

The dispersing and scattering our names into many mouths�察�we call making
them more great�察�we will have them there well received�察�and that this
increase turn to their advantage�察�which is all that can be excusable in
this design。  But the excess of this disease proceeds so far that many
covet to have a name�察�be it what it will。  Trogus Pompeius says of
Herostratus�察�and Titus Livius of Manlius Capitolinus�察�that they were more
ambitious of a great reputation than of a good one。  This is very common��
we are more solicitous that men speak of us�察�than how they speak�察�and it
is enough for us that our names are often mentioned�察�be it after what
manner it will。  It should seem that to be known�察�is in some sort to have
a man's life and its duration in others' keeping。  I�察�for my part�察�hold
that I am not�察�but in myself�察�and of that other life of mine which lies
in the knowledge of my friends�察�to consider it naked and simply in
itself�察�I know very well that I am sensible of no fruit nor enjoyment
from it but by the vanity of a fantastic opinion�察�and when I shall be
dead�察�I shall be still and much less sensible of it�察�and shall�察�withal��
absolutely lose the use of those real advantages that sometimes
accidentally follow it。

I shall have no more handle whereby to take hold of reputation�察�neither
shall it have any whereby to take hold of or to cleave to me�察�for to
expect that my name should be advanced by it�察�in the first place�察�I have
no name that is enough my own�察�of two that I have�察�one is common to all
my race�察�and indeed to others also�察�there are two families at Paris and
Montpellier�察�whose surname is Montaigne�察�another in Brittany�察�and one in
Xaintonge�察�De La Montaigne。  The transposition of one syllable only would
suffice so to ravel our affairs�察�that I shall share in their glory�察�and
they peradventure will partake of my discredit�察�and�察�moreover�察�my
ancestors have formerly been surnamed�察�Eyquem�察。�Eyquem was the
patronymic。�А�a name wherein a family well known in England is at this
day concerned。  As to my other name�察�every one may take it that will�察�and
so�察�perhaps�察�I may honour a porter in my own stead。  And besides�察�though
I had a particular distinction by myself�察�what can it distinguish�察�when I
am no more�拭 �Can it point out and favour inanity��

              ;Non levior cippus nunc imprimit ossa��
               Laudat posteritas�  �Nunc non e manibus illis��
               Nunc non a tumulo fortunataque favilla��
               Nascentur violae��

     �А�Does the tomb press with less weight upon my bones�拭 �Do comrades
     praise�拭 �Not from my manes�察�not from the tomb�察�not from the ashes
     will violets grow。;Persius�察�Sat。�察�i。 37。��

but of this I have spoken elsewhere。  As to what remains�察�in a great
battle where ten thousand men are maimed or killed�察�there are not fifteen
who are taken notice of�察�it must be some very eminent greatness�察�or some
consequence of great importance that fortune has added to it�察�that
signalises a private action�察�not of a harquebuser only�察�but of a great
captain�察�for to kill a man�察�or two�察�or ten�此�to expose a man's self
bravely to the utmost peril of death�察�is indeed something in every one of
us�察�because we there hazard all�察�but for the world's concern�察�they are
things so ordinary�察�and so many of them are every day seen�察�and there
must of necessity be so many of the same kind to produce any notable
effect�察�that we cannot expect any particular renown from it��

              ;Casus multis hic cognitus�察�ac jam
               Tritus�察�et a medio fortunae ductus acervo。;

     �А�The accident is known to many�察�and now trite�察�and drawn from the
     midst of Fortune's heap。;Juvenal�察�Sat。�察�xiii。 9。��

Of so many thousands of valiant men who have died within these fifteen
hundred years in France with their swords in their hands�察�not a hundred
have come to our knowledge。  The memory�察�not of the commanders only�察�but
of battles and victories�察�is buried and gone�察�the fortunes of above half
of the world�察�for want of a record�察�stir not from their place�察�and vanish
without duration。  If I had unknown events in my possession�察�I should
think with great ease to out´do those that are recorded�察�in all sorts of
examples。  Is it not strange that even of the Greeks and Romans�察�with so
many writers and witnesses�察�and so many rare and noble exploits�察�so few
are arrived at our knowledge��

               ;Ad nos vix tenuis famx perlabitur aura。;

     �А�An obscure rumour scarce is hither come。;AEneid�察�vii。 646。��

It will be much if�察�a hundred years hence�察�it be remembered in general
that in our times there were civil wars in France。  The Lacedaemonians��
entering into battle�察�sacrificed to the Muses�察�to the end that their
actions might be well and worthily written�察�looking upon it as a divine
and no common favour�察�that brave acts should find witnesses that could
give them life and memory。  Do we expect that at every musket´shot we
receive�察�and at every hazard we run�察�there must be a register ready to
record it�拭 �and�察�besides�察�a hundred registers may enrol them whose
commentaries will not last above three days�察�and will never come to the
sight of any one。  We have not the thousandth part of ancient writings��
'tis fortune that gives them a shorter or longer life�察�according to her
favour�察�and 'tis permissible to doubt whether those we have be not the
worst�察�not having seen the rest。  Men do not write histories of things of
so little moment�此�a man must have been general in the conquest of an
empire or a kingdom�察�he must have won two´and´fifty set battles�察�and
always the weaker in number�察�as Caesar did�此�ten thousand brave fellows
and many great captains lost their lives valiantly in his service�察�whose
names lasted no longer than their wives and children lived��

                    ;Quos fama obscura recondit。;

     �А�Whom an obscure reputation conceals。;AEneid�察�v。 302。��

Even those whom we see behave themselves well�察�three months or three
years after they have departed hence�察�are no more mentioned than if they
had never been。  Whoever will justly consider�察�and with due proportion��
of what kind of men and of what sort of actions the glory sustains itself
in the records of history�察�will find that there are very few actions and
very few persons of our times who can there pretend any right。  How many
worthy men have we known to survive their own reputation�察�who have seen
and suffered the honour and glory most justly acquired in their youth��
extinguished in their own presence�拭 �And for three years of this
fantastic and imaginary life we must go and throw away our true and
essential life�察�and engage ourselves in a perpetual death�  �The sages
propose to themselves a nobler and more just end in so important an
enterprise��

          ;Recte facti�察�fecisse merces est�此�officii fructus��
          ipsum officium est。;

     �А�The reward of a thing well done is to have done it�察�the fruit
     of a good service is the service itself。;Seneca�察�Ep。�察�8。��

It were�察�peradventure�察�excusable in a painter or other artisan�察�or in a
rhetorician or a grammarian�察�to endeavour to raise himself a name by his
works�察�but the actions of virtue are too noble in themselves to seek any
other reward than from their own value�察�and especially to seek it in the
vanity of human judgments。

If this false opinion��
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