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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2.11.10

Je parle au papier comme je parle au premier que je rencontre.

I speak to the sheet of paper exactly as I speak to the first man I meet.

1 comment:

  1. Wofl2 November 2010 at 03:25

    In other words, he writes in his own conversational style. But seems to regard only men as worth conversing with, otherwise he would have written 'à la première personne' rather than 'au premier'.

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