Michel de Montaigne: Citations en anglais
Michel de Montaigne était écrivain français, philosophe, humaniste, qui fut maire de Bordeaux. Citations en anglais.“Every man has within himself the entire human condition”
Michel De Montaigne livre Essais
Book III, Ch. 2
Essais (1595), Book III
Variante: Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
Book III, Ch. 5
Attributed
Source: The Complete Essays
“Que sçais-je?" (What do I know?)”
Michel De Montaigne livre Essais
The notion of skepticism is most clearly understood by asking this question.
Book II, Ch. 12
Essais (1595), Book II
Variante: What know I? (or What do I know?)
Source: The Complete Essays
“Why do people respect the package rather than the man?”
Source: The Complete Essays
“No wind favors he who has no destined port.”
Book II, Ch. 1
Attributed
Variante: No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
Source: The Complete Essays
“I have seen no more evident monstrosity and miracle in the world than myself.”
Michel De Montaigne livre Essais
Book III, Ch. 11
Essais (1595), Book III
“No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.”
Book III, Ch. 1
Attributed
Source: The Complete Essays
“There is as much difference between us and ourselves as between us and others.”
Michel De Montaigne livre Essais
Book II (1580), Ch. 1
Essais (1595), Book II