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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2.12.10

Ils envoient leur conscience au bordel et tiennent leur contenance en règle.

They send their consciences to the bawdy-house while maintaining their respectability.

1 comment:

  1. Wofl2 December 2010 at 02:16

    This, of course, is true of almost everyone in public position, and was nothing new in Montaigne's time. Hypocrisy is the keystone of society.

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