Essays of Michel De Montaigne — Volume 14
Essays of Michel De Montaigne — Volume 14
Translated by Charles Cotton
Essays of Michel De Montaigne — Volume 14 is a collection of philosophical essays written in the late 16th century by French Renaissance thinker Michel de Montaigne. This volume explores themes of morality, human nature, and the tension between profit and honesty, using historical examples and personal reflections. Montaigne's work is notable for popularizing the essay as a literary form and offers profound insights into the complexities of human interaction and integrity. The essays invite readers to reflect on their own moral choices within a society often marked by deceit.
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“On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.””
— Michel de Montaigne
“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.””
— Michel de Montaigne
“I quote others only in order the better to express myself.””
— Michel de Montaigne
“He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.””
— Michel de Montaigne
“When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.””
— Michel de Montaigne
“If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.””
— Michel de Montaigne
“If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.””
— Michel de Montaigne
“Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.””
— Michel de Montaigne
“I am afraid that our eyes are bigger than our stomachs, and that we have more curiosity than understanding. We grasp at everything, but catch nothing except wind.””
— Michel de Montaigne
