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“ ”It is quite normal to see good intentions, when not carried out with moderation, urging men to actions which are truly vicious.
About Michel de Montaigne
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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Additional quotes by Michel de Montaigne
Pride and curiosity are the two scourges of our souls. The latter prompts us to poke our noses into everything, and the former forbids us to leave anything unresolved and undecided.
Handling and use by able minds give value to a language, not so much by innovating as by filling it out with more vigorous and varied services, by stretching and bending it.
When I express my opinions it is so as to reveal the measure of my sight not the measure of the thing.