Parce que c'était lui, parce que c'était moi. - Michel de Montaigne

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Parce que c'était lui, parce que c'était moi.

Michel de Montaigne

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Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem, lord of the manor of Montaigne, Dordogne) (28 February 1533 – 13 September 1592) was an influential French Renaissance writer, generally considered to be the inventor of the personal essay.

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Alternative Names: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne • Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha • Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha

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Let death take me planting my cabbages, indifferent to him, and still less of my garden not being finished. (tr. Charles Cotton)

If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.

If I had even the slightest grasp upon my own faculties, I would not make essays, I would make decisions.

Parce que c'était lui, parce que c'était moi. - Michel de Montaigne

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