Barbarians Quote by Michel de Montaigne

“Each person calls barbarism whatever is not his or her own practice… We may call Cannibals barbarians, in respect to the rulesof reason, but not in respect to ourselves, who surpass them in every kind of barbarity.” quote by Michel de Montaigne — Download Open image

“Each person calls barbarism whatever is not his or her own practice… We may call Cannibals barbarians, in respect to the rulesof reason, but not in respect to ourselves, who surpass them in every kind of barbarity.”

Michel de Montaigne

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