Some impose upon the world that they believe that which they do not; others, more in number, make themselves believe that they believe, not being able to penetrate into what it is to believe.


Book II, ch. 12. Apology for Raimond Sebond - Essais (1595) - Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

Michel de Montaigne Quotes

Some impose upon the world that they believe that which they do not; others, more in number, make themselves believe that they believe, not being...

Some impose upon the world that they believe that which they do not; others, more in number, make themselves believe that they believe, not being...

Some impose upon the world that they believe that which they do not; others, more in number, make themselves believe that they believe, not being...

Some impose upon the world that they believe that which they do not; others, more in number, make themselves believe that they believe, not being...