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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
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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 — Complete Michel de Montaigne 1562
biocon commented on the word ignave
Ignave signifies "slow, sluggish" (Oxford English Dictionary). 1657 Physical Dictionary Ignave, cowardly, sluggish.
June 24, 2011