 | Michel de Montaigne - 1743 - Počet stránok 442
...Command and Force, Fire and Sword, Tis ill luck to be at that Pafs, that the beft Trial of Truth, muft be the multitude of Believers, in a Crowd, where the Number of Fools fo much exceeds the wife. Quafi vero quiJquam fit tam valde, quant nil fapere -uulgare. Sai itatis... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1810 - Počet stránok 504
...invention as he conceives necessary to obviate the resistance or want of conception he supposes in others. There is nothing to which men commonly are more inclined...best touchstone of the truth must be the multitude of belicvers, in a crowd where the number of fools so much exceed the wise. " As if any thing were so... | |
 | The London and Westminster Review April-August,1838 - 1838 - Počet stránok 612
...their oSfp opinions. Where the ordinary means fail us, we add command and force, fire and sword. 'Tis a misfortune to be at that pass, that the best touchstone...number of fools so much exceeds the wise. ' Quasi vero quidqitam sit tarn ralde quam, nihil sapere, vulgare, Sanitatis patrocinium est, insanientium turbo,.'—[Cicero... | |
 | 1839 - Počet stránok 446
...their own opinions. Where the ordinary means fail us, we add command and force, fire and sword. Tis a misfortune to be at that pass, that the best touchstone of the truth must be the multitude of believers, ma crowd where the number of fools so much exceeds the wise. Tis hard for a man to form his judgment... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1843 - Počet stránok 578
...consistent neither with fact nor philosophy. Old Montaigne's is much nearer the truth, when he says, " It is a misfortune to be at that pass that the best...believers, in a crowd where the number of fools so much exceed the wise. It is hard for a man to form his judgment against the common opinions. The first persuasion... | |
 | John Sterling - 1848 - Počet stránok 760
...opinions. Where the ordinary means fail us, we add command and force, fire and sword. 'Tis a midfortune to be at that pass, that the best touchstone of the...number of fools so much exceeds the wise. Quasi vero quidquam sit tam valde, quam nihil sapere, vulgure. Sanitatis patrocinium est insanientium turba. [Cicero... | |
 | John Sterling - 1848 - Počet stránok 782
...their own opinions. Where the ordinary means fail us, we add command and force, fire and sword. 'Tis a misfortune to be at that pass, that the best touchstone...multitude of believers, in a crowd where the number of fouls so much exceeds the wise. Quasi vero quidquam sit tarn valde, quam nihil sapere, vulyare. Sanitatis... | |
 | Michel de Montaigne - 1859 - Počet stránok 524
...we add command and force, fire and sword. 'Tis sad work to be at that pass, that the best trial of truth must be the multitude of believers, in a crowd where the number of fools so much exceeds that of the wise : Quasi vero quidquam sit tarn valde, quam nil sapere, mdgare.1 Sanitatis patrocinium... | |
 | Michel de Montaigne - 1870 - Počet stránok 700
...we add command, and force, fire and sword. 'Tis ill luck to be at that pass, that the best tryal of truth, must be the multitude of believers, in a crowd,...number of fools so much exceeds the wise. " Quasi vero quidquam sit tam valde, quam nil sapere vulgare. Sanitatis patrocinium est, insanientium ; turba."—Cicero... | |
 | Michel de Montaigne - 1877 - Počet stránok 496
...command, force, fire, and sword. 'Tis a misfortune to be at such a pass, that the best test of truth is the multitude of believers, in a crowd, where the...number of fools so much exceeds the wise. " Quasi vero quidquam sit tarn valde, quam nil sapere, vulgare." l " Sanitatis patrocinium est, insanientium turba,"... | |
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A quick and earnest way of speaking as mine is, is apt to run into hyperbole. There is nothing to which men commonly are more inclined, than to give way to their own opinions. 
