After they had accustomed themselves at Rome to the spectacles of the …

Michel de Montaigne
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After they had accustomed themselves at Rome to the spectacles of the slaughter of animals, they proceeded to those of the slaughter of men, to the gladiators. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1850). Works, Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy: With Notes from All the Commentators, Biographical and Bibliographical Notices &c., &c, p.224
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There is nothing on which men are commonly more intent than on making a way for their opinions. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1958). Complete Essays, p.786, Stanford University Press
I quote others only in order the better to express myself. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1856). The Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy, p.86
The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (2014). Shakespeare's Montaigne: The Florio Transl … ▶
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There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent. ✨ Attributed to Essais by Michel de Montaigne, B … ▶

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