Not because Socrates said so,… I look upon all men as my co… - Michel de Montaigne

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Not because Socrates said so,… I look upon all men as my compatriots.

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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When a man is commonplace in discussion yet valued for what he writes that shows that his talents lie in his borrowed sources not in himself.

When I play with my cat, who knows whether I do not make her more sport than she makes me?

Truly man is a marvellously vain, diverse, and undulating object. It is hard to found any constant and uniform judgement on him.

Not because Socrates said so,… I look upon all men as my compatriots. - Michel de Montaigne

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