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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23.12.10

En vérité, le mentir est un maudit vice....Et de combien est le langage faux moins sociable que le silence.

Lying is a truly terrible vice....
Silence is much less anti-social than false words.

1 comment:

  1. Wofl23 December 2010 at 02:37

    Compare Lautréamont's remark :

    « Je ne connais pas d'obstacle qui passe les forces de l'esprit humain, sauf la vérité. »

    'I know of no obstacle which can surpass human power - except truth.'

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