Citations de Michel de Montaigne

Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne, 1533-1592

Quotations from Montaigne's Essays
selected and translated by Anthony Weir
with glosses and comments.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne
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24.10.10

Ainsi, lecteur, je suis moi-même la matière de mon livre.

And so you see, dear reader, that I am the very subject of my book.

Essais, I, Avis aux lecteurs.

1 comment:

  1. Wofl24 October 2010 at 02:40

    Though it is certainly not the case that "the proper study of mankind is Man," one has to start somewhere...

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