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Quotation by Michel de Montaigne
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"A Consideration Upon Cicero" The Essays (Les Essais), bk. I, ch. 40, Simon Millanges, Bordeaux, first edition (1580)"A Consideration Upon Cicero" The Essays (Les Essais), bk. I, ch. 40, Abel Langelier, Paris (1595)"A Custom of the Island of Cea" The Essays (Les Essais), bk. II, ch. 3, Simon Millanges, Bordeaux, first edition (1580)"A Custom of the Isle of Cea" Essays (1580-1588), trans. by John Florio"An Apology of Raimond Sebond" Essays (1580; trans. by John Florio)Related Subjects
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I hate your people that will sooner tolerate a soul than a gown that is awry, and will judge a man by his bow, his bearing, and his boots.
Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592), French essayist. "Of Pedantry," The Essays (Les Essais), bk. I, ch. 25, Abel Langelier, Paris (1588).
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