Michel de Montaigne: Citations en anglais (Page 13)
Michel de Montaigne était écrivain français, philosophe, humaniste, qui fut maire de Bordeaux. Citations en anglais.“As far as fidelity is concerned, there is no animal in the world as treacherous as man.”
Book II, Ch. 12
Essais (1595), Book II
“For truth itself has not the privilege to be spoken at all times and in all sorts.”
Book III, Ch. 13. Of Experience
Essais (1595), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Even opinion is of force enough to make itself to be espoused at the expense of life.”
Book I, Ch. 40. Of Good and Evil
Essais (1595), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Book III, Ch. 8. Of the Art of Conversation
Essais (1595), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“The plague of man is boasting of his knowledge.”
Book II, Ch. 12
Essais (1595), Book II
Book I, Ch. 15. Of the Education of Children
Essais (1595), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Book III, Ch. 12. Of Physiognomy
Essais (1595), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“The public weal requires that men should betray and lie and massacre.”
Book III, Ch. 1. Of Profit and Honesty
Essais (1595), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Book III, Ch. 10
Essais (1595), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
or What do I know?
Que sais-je?
The notion of skepticism is most clearly understood by asking this question.
Book II, Ch. 12
Essais (1595), Book II
“My trade and my art is living.”
Mon métier et mon art, c'est vivre.
Book II, Ch. 6
Essais (1595), Book II
“Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.”
Chaque homme porte la forme, entière de l'humaîne condition.
Book III, Ch. 2
Essais (1595), Book III