I, who have so much and so universally adored this [greek], "excellent mediocrity," 32 of ancient times, and who have concluded the most moderate measure the most perfect, shall I pretend to an unreasonable and prodigious old age?


Book III, ch. 13. Of Experience - Essais (1595) - Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

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I, who have so much and so universally adored this [greek], excellent mediocrity, 32 of ancient times, and who have concluded the most moderate...

I, who have so much and so universally adored this [greek], excellent mediocrity, 32 of ancient times, and who have concluded the most moderate...

I, who have so much and so universally adored this [greek], excellent mediocrity, 32 of ancient times, and who have concluded the most moderate...

I, who have so much and so universally adored this [greek], excellent mediocrity, 32 of ancient times, and who have concluded the most moderate...