(1533–1592)
French statesman, essayist, and philosopher
Michel de Montaigne
Off I go, rummaging about in books for sayings which please me.
The Essays of Michel de Montaigne (London: Allen Lane, 1991).
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
“Of the Education of Children,” in The Works of Michael de Montaigne (Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Moore, 1849), 86.