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Michel de Montaigne Quotes

Eloquence which diverts our minds to itself is harmful to its subject.[L’eloquence faict injure aux choses, qui nous destourne à soy.]

Source:Essays of Montaigne (tr. Ives, ed. Harvard University Press, 1925), Volume I, Book I, Chapter XXVI, Page 230
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Michel de Montaigne Quotes
  • Name: Michel de Montaigne
  • Profession: Philosopher
  • Born: February 28, 1533 - September 13, 1592
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