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  • We are all patchwork

    “We are all patchwork, and so shapeless and diverse in composition that each bit, each moment, plays its own game. And there is as much difference between us and ourselves as between us and others.” II.1 “Of the inconsistency of our actions” (p. 296)  

  • My trade and my art

    “My trade and my art is living.” II6. “Of practice” (p.332)

  • Neither good nor useful

    “It is a marvelous testimony of the weakness of our judgment that it recommends things for their rarity or novelty, or even for their difficulty, even if they are neither good nor useful.” I.54 “Of vain subtleties” (p. 274)

  • Reflecting upon the continual variation of human things

    “I want to pile up here some ancient fashions that I have in my memory, some like ours, others different, to the end that we may strengthen and enlighten our judgment by reflecting upon this continual variation of human things.” I.49 “Of ancient customs” (p.262)