Que sais-je? . . .

Today is the birthday of Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (February 28, 1533 – September 13, 1592), scholar and essayist. He is oft referred to as one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance.

"I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself."
— Michel de Montaigne

"Wherever your life ends, it is all there. The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use; some men have lived long, and lived little; attend to it while you are in it. It lies in your will, not in the number of years, for you to have lived enough."
— Michel de Montaigne

"Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own."
— Michel de Montaigne

"Even on the highest throne in the world, we are still sitting on our ass."
— Michel de Montaigne

"A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears."
— Michel de Montaigne

"I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of."
— Michel de Montaigne

"Saying is one thing and doing is another"
— Michel de Montaigne

"Que sais-je?" ("What do I know?")
— Michel de Montaigne

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