Any time and any place can be used to study: his room, a garden, is table, his bed; when alone or in company; morning and evening. His chief study will be Philosophy, that Former of good judgement and character who is privileged to be concerned with everything. β¨ Michel de Montaigne (1991). The essays of Michel de Montaigne, Lane, Allen
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- The least strained and most natural ways of the soul are the most beautiful; the best occupations are the least forced. β¨ Michel de Montaigne (1958). Complete Essays, p.622, Stanford University Press
- It is not death, it is dying that alarms me. β¨ Attributed to Essais by Michel de Montaigne, Book II, Ch. 13, 1595.
- The most ordinary things, the most common and familiar, if we could see them in their true light, would turn out to be the grandest miracles.
- A lady could not boast of her chastity who was never tempted. β¨ Michel de Montaigne (2015). Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays, p.884, θ°·ζη€Ύ
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