The Essays of Montaigne — volume 07
The Essays of Montaigne — volume 07
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"The poet Hermodorus had written a poem in honour of Antigonus, whereinhe called him the son of the sun: "He who has the emptying of myclose-stool, " said Antigonus, "knows to the contrary. " He is but a manat best, and if he be deformed or ill-qualified from his birth, theempire of the universe cannot set him to rights: "Puellae Hunc rapiant; quidquid calcaverit hic, rosa fiat, " ["Let girls carry him off; wherever he steps let there spring up a rose!"--Persius, Sat. , ii. 38. ] what of all th...at, if he be a fool? even pleasure and good fortune arenot relished without vigour and understanding: "Haec perinde sunt, ut ilius animus; qui ea possidet Qui uti scit, ei bona; illi, qui non uritur recte, mala. " ["Things are, as is the mind of their possessor; who knows how to use them, to him they are good; to him who abuses them, ill. " --Terence, Heart. , i. 3, 21. ] Whatever the benefits of fortune are, they yet require a palate to relishthem. 'Tis fruition, and not possession, that renders us happy: ["'Tis not lands, or a heap of brass and gold, that has removed fevers from the ailing body of the owner, or cares from his mind.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
"The poet Hermodorus had written a poem in honour of Antigonus, whereinhe called him the son of the sun: "He who has the emptying of myclose-stool, " said Antigonus, "knows to the contrary. " He is but a manat best, and if he be deformed or ill-qualified from his birth, theempire of the universe cannot set him to rights: "Puellae Hunc rapiant; quidquid calcaverit hic, rosa fiat, " ["Let girls carry him off; wherever he steps let there spring up a rose!"--Persius, Sat. , ii. 38. ] what of all th...at, if he be a fool? even pleasure and good fortune arenot relished without vigour and understanding: "Haec perinde sunt, ut ilius animus; qui ea possidet Qui uti scit, ei bona; illi, qui non uritur recte, mala. " ["Things are, as is the mind of their possessor; who knows how to use them, to him they are good; to him who abuses them, ill. " --Terence, Heart. , i. 3, 21. ] Whatever the benefits of fortune are, they yet require a palate to relishthem. 'Tis fruition, and not possession, that renders us happy: ["'Tis not lands, or a heap of brass and gold, that has removed fevers from the ailing body of the owner, or cares from his mind.
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