Sixteenth Century Quote of the Week

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"Si mon ame pouvoit prendre pied, je ne m'essaierois pas, je me resoudrois: elle est toujours en apprentissage et en espreuve."

If my mind could gain a firm footing, I

would not make essays, I would make decisions;

but it is always in apprenticeship and on trial.

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592), French humanist and writer

Les Essais (1580): III, ii

"Du repentir"

Translated by Donald Frame