I moreover affirm that our wisdom itself, and wisest consul… - Michel de Montaigne

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I moreover affirm that our wisdom itself, and wisest consultations, for the most part commit themselves to the conduct of chance.

Michel de Montaigne

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About Michel de Montaigne

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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Je veux qu'on me voit en ma façon simple, naturelle, et ordinaire, sans étude et artifice; car c'est moi que je peins...Je suis moi-même la matière de mon livre.

Though the ancient poet in Plutarch tells us we must not trouble the gods with our affairs because they take no heed of our angers and disputes, we can never enough decry the disorderly sallies of our minds.

My business is only to keep myself in motion, whilst motion pleases me; I only walk for the walk's sake.

I moreover affirm that our wisdom itself, and wisest consultations, for the most part commit themselves to the conduct of chance. - Michel de Montaigne

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