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Michael De Montaigne
7 quotes
“Man in sooth is a marvellous, vain, fickle, and unstable subject.”
Michael De Montaigne (1533–1592) said by 1592 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Accustom him to everything, that he may not be a Sir Paris, a carpet-knight, but a sinewy, hardy, and vigorous young man.”
Michael De Montaigne (1533–1592) said by 1592 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.”
Michael De Montaigne (1533–1592) said by 1592 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Plato says, "'T is to no purpose for a sober man to knock at the door of the Muses;" and Aristotle says "that no excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of folly.”
Michael De Montaigne (1533–1592) said by 1592 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“There is more ado to interpret interpretations than to interpret the things, and more books upon books than upon all other subjects; we do nothing but comment upon one another.”
Michael De Montaigne (1533–1592) said by 1592 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Let us a little permit Nature to take her own way; she better understands her own affairs than we.”
Michael De Montaigne (1533–1592) said by 1592 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I, who have so much and so universally adored this ariston metron, "excellent mediocrity," of ancient times, and who have concluded the most moderate measure the most perfect, shall I pretend to an unreasonable and prodigious old age?”
Michael De Montaigne (1533–1592) said by 1592 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source