If I am pressed to say why I loved him, I feel it can only be explained by replying… — Michel de Montaigne
If I am pressed to say why I loved him, I feel it can only be explained by replying: "Because it was he; because it was me."
In the original French
Si on me presse de dire pourquoy je l'aymois, je sens que cela ne se peut exprimer, qu'en respondant: Par ce que c'estoit luy; par ce que c'estoit moy.
Essays · 1580
★ 3.7On his friend Etienne de la Boetie.
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De Montaigne, Michel. "On Affectionate Relationships." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.
Original citation
De Montaigne, Michel. "De l'Amitie [Of Friendship]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.
