Michel de Montaigne Quote

I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man's estate.


Selected Essays (ed. 1943)


I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as...

I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as...

I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as...

I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as...