Presumption is our natural and original malady. The most vulnerable and frail of all creatures is man, and at the same time the most arrogant.


Montaigne's Essays and Selected Writings (ed. 1963)

Michel de Montaigne Quotes

Presumption is our natural and original malady. The most vulnerable and frail of all creatures is man, and at the same time the most arrogant.

Presumption is our natural and original malady. The most vulnerable and frail of all creatures is man, and at the same time the most arrogant.

Presumption is our natural and original malady. The most vulnerable and frail of all creatures is man, and at the same time the most arrogant.

Presumption is our natural and original malady. The most vulnerable and frail of all creatures is man, and at the same time the most arrogant.