Sunday, July 12, 2026

I am myself the matter of my book


Michel de Montaigne


 “Thus, reader, I am myself the matter of my book; you would be unreasonable to spend your leisure on so frivolous and vain a subject.”

— Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 1580


So, reader, here I am, the subject of my book, and I see no reason why you should spend your free time on so unimportant and pointless a topic.

- Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 1580

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