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Quote by Michel de Montaigne

“Almost all the opinions we have are taken on authority and on credit.”

Quote by Michel de Montaigne

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Francis Bacon's Essayes is a seminal work in the English Renaissance, featuring a series of short essays on various subjects including science, morality, and human nature. The essays are known for their wit, insight, and influence on subsequent philosophical and political thought. 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

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“Of the opinions of philosophy I most gladly embrace those that are most solid, that is to say, most human and most our own; my opinions, in conformity with my conduct, are low and humble.”

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“We must learn to endure what we cannot avoid. Our life is composed, like the harmony of the world, of contrary things, also of different tones, sweet and harsh, sharp and flat, soft and loud. If a musician liked only one kind, what would he have to say?”

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Book:Montaigne's Essays and Selected Writings

Source: Montaigne's Essays and Selected Writings

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Source: Essays

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Book:Complete Essays

Source: Complete Essays

“And if nobody reads me, shall I have wasted my time, when I have beguiled so many idle hours with such pleasant and profitable reflections?”

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“I go out of my way, but rather by license than carelessness.... It is the inattentive reader who loses my subject, not I. Some word about it will always be found off in a corner, which will not fail to be sufficient, though it takes little room.”

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“I, who am king of the matter I treat, and who owe an accounting for it to no one, do not for all that believe myself in all I write. I often hazard sallies of my mind which I mistrust.”

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Source: Complete Essays