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  • "Stultitiae proprium quis non dixerit, ignave et contumaciter facere, quae facienda sunt; et alio corpus impellere, alio animum; distrahique inter diversissimos motus?"

    The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 19 Michel de Montaigne 1562

  • "Stultitiae proprium quis non dixerit, ignave et contumaciter facere, quae facienda sunt; et alio corpus impellere, alio animum; distrahique inter diversissimos motus?"

    The Essays of Montaigne — Complete Michel de Montaigne 1562

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  • Ignave signifies "slow, sluggish" (Oxford English Dictionary). 1657   Physical Dictionary   Ignave, cowardly, sluggish.

    June 24, 2011