Quotes by Michel de Montaigne
1533 – 1592
Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) was a French Renaissance sceptic and humanist who is best known for his Essays in which he explored the human condition in a very personal and clever manner.
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Presidents, Kings, Tyrants, & Despots
Montaigne argues that is right and proper for a people to speak ill of a “faulty prince” after his death (1580)
The State
Michel Montaigne on the danger of becoming accustomed to state power (1580)