No one is exempt from speaking nonsense. The great misfortu… - Michel de Montaigne

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No one is exempt from speaking nonsense. The great misfortune is to do it solemnly.

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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Few men have been admired by their own households.

Mon métier et mon art c’est vivre. [My craft and my skill is living.]

There is more ado to interpret interpretations than to interpret things, and more books upon books than upon any other subject; we do nothing but comment upon one another. Every place swarms with commentaries; of authors there is great scarcity.

No one is exempt from speaking nonsense. The great misfortune is to do it solemnly. - Michel de Montaigne

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