Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne ( mon-TAYN; French: [miʃɛl ekɛm də mɔ̃tɛɲ]; 28 February 1533 – 13 September 1592), commonly known as Michel de Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre. His work is...
whoever saw old age that did not applaud the past and condemn the present?
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.