CHAPTER V.
By how much profitable thoughts are more full and
solid, by so much are they also more cumbersome and
heavy: vice, death, poverty, diseases, are grave
and grievous subjects. A...
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The French author Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592) created a new literary genre, the essay, in which he used self-portrayal as a mirror of humanity in general.Michel Eyquem de Montaigne was born...
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The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 15
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne