Women are not entirely wrong when they reject the moral rul… - Michel de Montaigne

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Women are not entirely wrong when they reject the moral rules proclaimed in society, since it is we men alone who have made them.

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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For my own part, I cannot without grief see so much as an innocent beast pursued and killed that has no defence, and from which we have received no offence at all.

There is more ado to interpret interpretations than to interpret things, and more books upon books than upon any other subject; we do nothing but comment upon one another. Every place swarms with commentaries; of authors there is great scarcity.

Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head

Women are not entirely wrong when they reject the moral rules proclaimed in society, since it is we men alone who have made them. - Michel de Montaigne

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