I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom… - Michel de Montaigne

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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.

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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Each man calls barbarism whatever is not his own practice.

Combien de choses nous servoyent hier d’articles de foy, qui nous sont fables aujourd’huy?

How many things served us yesterday for articles of faith, which today are fables for us?

There is a plague on Man, the opinion that he knows something.

I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie. - Michel de Montaigne

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