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The great writers, one piece at a time.

Book I

• 1.That Men By Various Ways Arrive At The Same End
• 2.Of Sorrow
• 3.That Our Affections Carry Themselves Beyond Us 2 parts
• 4.That The Soul Expends Its Passions Upon False Objects, Where The True Are Wanting
• 5.Whether The Governor Of A Place Besieged Ought Himself To Go Out To Parley
• 6.That The Hour Of Parley Dangerous
• 7.That The Intention Is Judge Of Our Actions
• 8.Of Idleness
• 9.Of Liars
• 10.Of Quick Or Slow Speech
• 11.Of Prognostications
• 12.Of Constancy
• 13.The Ceremony Of The Interview Of Princes
• 14.That Men Are Justly Punished For Being Obstinate In The Defence Of A Fort That Is Not In Reason To Be Defended
• 15.Of The Punishment Of Cowardice
• 16.A Proceeding Of Some Ambassadors
• 17.Of Fear
• 18.That Men Are Not To Judge Of Our Happiness Till After Death
• 19.That To Study Philosopy Is To Learn To Die 3 parts
• 20.Of The Force Of Imagination 2 parts
• 21.That The Profit Of One Man Is The Damage Of Another
• 22.Of Custom, And That We Should Not Easily Change A Law Received 3 parts
• 23.Various Events From The Same Counsel 2 parts
• 24.Of Pedantry 3 parts
• 25.Of The Education Of Children
• 26.That It Is Folly To Measure Truth And Error By Our Own Capacity
• 27.Of Friendship 2 parts
• 28.Nine And Twenty Sonnets Of Estienne De La Boitie
• 29.Of Moderation
• 30.Of Cannibals 3 parts
• 31.That A Man Is Soberly To Judge Of The Divine Ordinances
• 32.That We Are To Avoid Pleasures, Even At The Expense Of Life
• 33.That Fortune Is Oftentimes Observed To Act By The Rule Of Reason
• 34.Of One Defect In Our Government
• 35.Of The Custom Of Wearing Clothes
• 36.Of Cato The Younger
• 37.That We Laugh And Cry For The Same Thing
• 38.Of Solitude 2 parts
• 39.A Consideration Upon Cicero
• 40.That The Relish For Good And Evil Depends In Great Measure Upon The Opinion We Have Of Them 3 parts
• 41.Not To Communicate A Man’s Honour
• 42.Of The Inequality Amoungst Us 2 parts
• 43.Of Sumptuary Laws
• 44.Of Sleep
• 45.Of The Battle Of Dreux
• 46.Of Names
• 47.Of The Uncertainty Of Our Judgment 2 parts
• 48.Of War Horses, Or Destriers 2 parts
• 49.Of Ancient Customs
• 50.Of Democritus And Heraclitus
• 51.Of The Vanity Of Words
• 52.Of The Parsimony Of The Ancients
• 53.Of A Saying Of Caesar
• 54.Of Vain Subtleties
• 55.Of Smells
• 56.Of Prayers 2 parts
• 57.Of Age

Book II

• 58.Of The Inconstancy Of Our Actions
• 59.Of Drunkenness 2 parts
• 60.A Custom Of The Isle Of Cea 3 parts
• 61.To-Morrow’s A New Day
• 62.Of Conscience
• 63.Use Makes Perfect 2 parts
• 64.Of Recompenses Of Honour
• 65.Of The Affection Of Fathers To Their Children 3 parts
• 66.Of The Arms Of The Parthians
• 67.Of Books 2 parts
• 68.Of Cruelty 3 parts
• 69.Apology For Raimond Sebond
• 70.Of Judging Of The Death Of Another
• 71.That Our Mind Hinders Itself
• 72.That Our Desires Are Augmented By Difficulty
• 73.Of Glory 2 parts
• 74.Of Presumption
• 75.Of Giving The Lie
• 76.Of Liberty Of Conscience
• 77.That We Taste Nothing Pure
• 78.Against Idleness
• 79.Of Posting
• 80.Of Ill Means Employed To A Good End
• 81.Of The Roman Grandeur
• 82.Not To Counterfeit Being Sick
• 83.Of Thumbs
• 84.Cowardice The Mother Of Cruelty 2 parts
• 85.All Things Have Their Season
• 86.Of Virtue 2 parts
• 87.Of A Monstrous Child
• 88.Of Anger 2 parts
• 89.Defence Of Seneca And Plutarch
• 90.The Story Of Spurina 2 parts
• 91.Observation On The Means To Carry On A War According To Julius Caesar 2 parts
• 92.Of Three Good Women
• 93.Of The Most Excellent Men
• 94.Of The Resemblance Of Children To Their Fathers

Book III

• 95.Of Profit And Honesty 3 parts
• 96.Of Repentance 3 parts
• 97.Of Three Commerces 2 parts
• 98.Of Diversion 2 parts
• 99.Upon Some Verses Of Virgil
• 100.Of Coaches 3 parts
• 101.Of The Inconvenience Of Greatness
• 102.Of The Art Of Conference
• 103.Of Vanity
• 104.Of Managing The Will
• 105.Of Cripples 2 parts
• 106.Of Physiognomy
• 107.Of Experience