Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows. — Michel de Montaigne
Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
In the original French
La gloire et le repos sont choses qui ne peuvent loger en mesme giste.
Essays · 1580
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De Montaigne, Michel. "Of Solitude." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.
Original citation
De Montaigne, Michel. "De La Solitude [Of Solitude]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.
