Amongst so many borrowed things, I am glad if I can steal o… - Michel de Montaigne

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Amongst so many borrowed things, I am glad if I can steal one, disguising and altering it for some new service.

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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It is the part of cowardice, not of courage, to go and crouch in a hole under a massive tomb, to avoid the blows of fortune.

how I would hate the reputation of being clever at writing but stupid and useless at everything else! I would rather be stupid at both than to choose to employ my good qualities as badly as that.

Saying is one thing and doing is another.

Amongst so many borrowed things, I am glad if I can steal one, disguising and altering it for some new service. - Michel de Montaigne

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