Michel de Montaigne Quote

'As a man who knows how to make his education into a rule of life not a means of showing off; who can control himself and obey his own principles.' The true mirror of our discourse is the course of our lives.


The essays of Michel de Montaigne (ed. Lane, Allen, 1991)


'As a man who knows how to make his education into a rule of life not a means of showing off; who can control himself and obey his own principles.'...

'As a man who knows how to make his education into a rule of life not a means of showing off; who can control himself and obey his own principles.'...

'As a man who knows how to make his education into a rule of life not a means of showing off; who can control himself and obey his own principles.'...

'As a man who knows how to make his education into a rule of life not a means of showing off; who can control himself and obey his own principles.'...