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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31.12.10

C'est à la vérité une violente et traîtresse maîtresse d'école que la coutume. Elle établit en nous, peu à peu, à la dérobée, le pied de son autorité.

Normality is truly a virulent and treacherous teacher, insidiously erecting the plinth of its authority inside every head.

1 comment:

  1. Wofl31 December 2010 at 02:23

    The words 'normal' and 'normality' did not enter French and English until long after Montaigne's death. Thus 'coutume' had a stronger meaning than 'custom' has today.

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