Michel de Montaigne Quote

Tortures are a dangerous invention, and seem to be a test of endurance rather than of truth.


Essays (1580, ed. M. Rat, 1958) bk. 2, ch. 5


Tortures are a dangerous invention, and seem to be a test of endurance rather than of truth.

Tortures are a dangerous invention, and seem to be a test of endurance rather than of truth.

Tortures are a dangerous invention, and seem to be a test of endurance rather than of truth.

Tortures are a dangerous invention, and seem to be a test of endurance rather than of truth.