If these Essays were worthy of being judged, it might fall out, in my opinion, that they would not find much favour, either with common and vulgar minds, or with uncommon and eminent ones: the former would not find enough in them, the latter would find too much; they might manage to live somewhere in the middle region.


The essays (ed. 1946)

Michel de Montaigne Quotes

If these Essays were worthy of being judged, it might fall out, in my opinion, that they would not find much favour, either with common and vulgar...

If these Essays were worthy of being judged, it might fall out, in my opinion, that they would not find much favour, either with common and vulgar...

If these Essays were worthy of being judged, it might fall out, in my opinion, that they would not find much favour, either with common and vulgar...

If these Essays were worthy of being judged, it might fall out, in my opinion, that they would not find much favour, either with common and vulgar...