Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has mad… - Michel de Montaigne

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Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.

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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Certes, c'est un subject merveilleusement vain, divers, et ondoyant, que l'homme. Il est malaisé d'y fonder jugement constant et uniforme.

We must not attach knowledge to the mind, we have to incorporate it there.

"Que sçais-je?" (What do I know?)

Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky. - Michel de Montaigne

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