Obstinacy and contention are common qualities, most appearing in, and best becoming, a mean and illiterate soul.


The complete works of Michael de Montaigne; tr. (ed.) by W. Hazlitt (ed. 1842)


Obstinacy and contention are common qualities, most appearing in, and best becoming, a mean and illiterate soul.

Obstinacy and contention are common qualities, most appearing in, and best becoming, a mean and illiterate soul.

Obstinacy and contention are common qualities, most appearing in, and best becoming, a mean and illiterate soul.

Obstinacy and contention are common qualities, most appearing in, and best becoming, a mean and illiterate soul.