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Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete - Montaigne, Michel de · 80 words
But forasmuch as the strength or weakness of a fortress is always measured by the estimate and counterpoise of the forces that attack it for a man might reasonably enough despise two culverins, that would be a madman to abide a battery of thirty pieces of cannon where also the greatness of the prince who is master of the field, his reputation, and the respect that is due unto him, are also put into the balance, there is danger that.
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