Man is indeed an object miraculously vain, various and wave… - Michel de Montaigne

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Man is indeed an object miraculously vain, various and wavering. It is difficult to found a judgement on him which is steady and uniform.

Michel de Montaigne

The Complete Essays · September 7, 1993 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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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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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

In my country, and in my time, learning improves fortunes enough, but not minds; if it meet with those that are dull and heavy, it overcharges and suffocates them, leaving them a crude and undigested mass; if airy and fine, it purifies, clarifies, and subtilizes them, even to exinanition.

All passions that suffer themselves to be relished and digested are but moderate.

Man is indeed an object miraculously vain, various and wavering. It is difficult to found a judgement on him which is steady and uniform. - Michel de Montaigne

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