“He blushed to see other Frenchmen overcome with joy whenever they met a compatriot abroad. The would fall on each other, cluster… — Sarah Bakewell Copy Share Image
“Mon métier et mon art c’est vivre. [My craft and my skill is living.]” — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“As history has repeatedly suggested, nothing is more effective for demolishing traditional legal protections than the combined claims that a crime is… — Sarah Bakewell Copy Share Image
“[He who can describe how his heart is ablaze is burning on a small pyre] ~ Petrarch, Sonnet 137 (from Montaigne, On sadness)” — Petrarch Copy Share Image
“The Spanish had butchered the Indians with a clean conscience because they were confident that they knew what a normal human being… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“Had I been placed among those nations which are said to live still in the sweet freedom of nature's first laws, I… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
