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“The most regular and most perfect soul in the world has but too much to do to keep itself upright from being overthrown by its own weakness.”

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne (Illustrated)

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Delphi Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne (Illustrated)

The Delphi Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne (Illustrated) is a scholarly compilation of the essays and other writings of Michel de Montaigne, a prominent figure in the Renaissance. The collection is presented in an illustrated format, which includes images and annotations that provide context and enrich the reader's understanding of Montaigne's work. more

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Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne was a French Renaissance philosopher, essayist, and writer. He is considered one of the most significant figures in the history of the essay. Montaigne's work, particularly his book 'Essays', has been influential in the development of modern prose. more

“The height and value of true virtue consists in the facility, utility, and pleasure of its exercise; so far from difficulty, that boys, as well as men, and the innocent as well as the subtle, may make it their own; and it is by order and good conduct, and not by force, that it is to be acquired.”

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Book:Works, Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy: With Notes from All the Commentators, Biographical and Bibliographical Notices &c., &c

Source: Works, Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy: With Notes from All the Commentators, Biographical and Bibliographical Notices &c., &c

“The recognition of virtue is not less valuable from the lips of the man who hates it, since truth forces him to acknowledge it; and though he may be unwilling to take it into his inmost soul, he at least decks himself out in its trappings.”

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Author:Michel de Montaigne

“The land of marriage has this peculiarity: that strangers are desirous of inhabiting it, while its natural inhabitants would willingly be banished from thence.”

Natural Land Stranger Wedlock

Author:Michel de Montaigne

“A man must become wise at his own expense.”

Men Wisdom Wise Expenses

Author:Michel de Montaigne

“Human wisdom makes as ill use of her talent when she exercises it in rescinding from the number and sweetness of those pleasures that are naturally our due, as she employs it favorably and well in artificially disguising and tricking out the ills of life to alleviate the sense of them.”

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Book:The Essays of Michel de Montaigne