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Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 10
VII. Of recompenses of honour. VIII. Of the affection of fathers to their children. IX. Of the arms of the Parthians. X. Of books. XI. Of cruelty. They who write the life of Augustus Caesar,[Suetonius, Life of Augustus, c. 25.]observe this in his military discipline, that he was wonderfully liberal of gifts to men of merit, but that as to the true recompenses of honour he was as sparing; yet he himself had been gratified by his uncle with all the military recompenses before he had ever been in the field. It was a pretty invention, and received into most governments of the world, to institute certain vain and in themselves valueless distinctions to honour and recompense virtue, such as the crowns of laurel, oak, and myrtle, the particular fashion of some garment, the privilege to ride in a coach in the city, or at night with a torch, some peculiar place assigned in public assemblies, the prerogative of certain additional names and titles, certain distinctions in the bearing of coats of arms, and the like, the use of which, according to the several humours of nations, has been variously received, and yet continues. ......Buy Now (To Read More)
Ebook Number: 3590
Author: Montaigne, Michel de
Release Date: Nov 1, 2004
Format: eBook
Language: English
Editor: Hazlitt, William Carew, 1834-1913
Translator: Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687
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