"Recommendable" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... virtuous actions upon the approbation of others is too uncertain and unsafe a foundation, especially in so corrupt and ignorant an age as this, wherein the good opinion of the vulgar is injurious: upon whom do you rely to show you what is recommendable? God defend me from being an honest man, according to the descriptions of honour I daily see every one make ...
— The Essays of Montaigne, Complete • Michel de Montaigne |
