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