I will follow the good side right to the fire, but not into… - Michel de Montaigne

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I will follow the good side right to the fire, but not into it if I can help it.

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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We have nothing to fear but fear itself

Man in sooth is a marvellous, vain, fickle, and unstable subject.

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.

I will follow the good side right to the fire, but not into it if I can help it. - Michel de Montaigne

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