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• My appetite comes to me while eating. -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap.
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• And to bring in a new word by the head and shoulders, they leave out the old one.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. v...
• Not because Socrates said so,... I look upon all men as my compatriots.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. ix...
• There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book i, Chap. xxx, Of Cannibal...
• I have ever loved to repose myself, whether sitting or lying, with my heels as high or higher than my head.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. xiii...
• Amongst so many borrowed things, I am glad if I can steal one, disguising and altering it for some new service.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. xii...
• There is more ado to interpret interpretations than to interpret the things, and more books upon books than upon all other subjec
  we do nothing but comment upon one another. -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap....
• I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. xi...
• Saturninus said, "Comrades, you have lost a good captain to make him an ill general.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. ix...