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I quote others only in order the better to express myself. — Michel de Montaigne

Essay

I quote others only in order the better to express myself.

In the original French

Je ne dis les autres, sinon pour d'autant plus me dire.

Michel de Montaigne
Essays · 1575
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QuotationsSelf-expression
Medium
Essay
Time
1575The Renaissance
Person
Michel de Montaigne
Provenance
Current citation
De Montaigne, Michel. "On Educating Children." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.
Original citation
De Montaigne, Michel. "De l'Institution des Enfants [Of the Education of Children]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

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