Better to be tentative than to be recklessly sure- to be an… - Michel de Montaigne

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Better to be tentative than to be recklessly sure- to be an apprentice at sixty, than to present oneself as a doctor at ten.

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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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My appetite comes to me while eating.

Je ne dis les autres, sinon pour d'autant plus me dire.

I speak the truth not so much as I want, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.

Better to be tentative than to be recklessly sure- to be an apprentice at sixty, than to present oneself as a doctor at ten. - Michel de Montaigne

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