Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne ( mon-TAYN; French: [miʃɛl ekɛm də mɔ̃tɛɲ]; 28 February 1533 – 13 September 1592), 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 noted...
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.
After the earthquake and the fire comes the still, small voice.
The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.