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

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10.10.10

Ce qui est hors des gonds de la coutume, on le croit hors des gonds de la raison.

What is beyond the bounds of normal behaviour is always thought to be beyond the bounds of reason.

1 comment:

  1. Wofl10 October 2010 at 03:18

    or,
    We always think our own norms rational.
    or,
    We always think that customs different from ours are bizarre.

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