Today's thought for the day
Jan. 25th, 2006 05:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lumineaux"We must learn to endure what we cannot avoid. Our life is composed, like the harmony of the world, of contrary things, also of different tones, sweet and harsh, sharp and flat, soft and loud. If a musician liked only one kind, what would he have to say?"
Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592), “Of Experience,” The Essays (Les Essais), bk. III, ch. 13, Abel Langelier, Paris (1588).
Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592), “Of Experience,” The Essays (Les Essais), bk. III, ch. 13, Abel Langelier, Paris (1588).
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Date: 2006-01-25 11:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-26 01:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-26 02:39 am (UTC)But the French volume I have (left over from college) is only extracts, and does not include the above quote. However, just you for, I offer the following:
"Le plus fructueux et naturel exercice de notre esprit, c'est a mon gre la conference. J'en trouve l'usage plus doux que d'aucune autre action de notre vie; et c'est la raison pourquoi, si j'etais asture force de choisir, je consentirais plutot, ce crois-je, de perdre la vue que l'ouie ou le parler." Montaigne, Les Essais, bk. III, ch. viii
Hopefully that's still coherent without the accents. :-)
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Date: 2006-01-26 02:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-26 02:30 am (UTC)Coming to birka??
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Date: 2006-01-26 02:39 am (UTC)