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I only quote others the better to quote myself.
[Je ne dis les autres, sinon pour d’autant plus me dire.]
Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
Essays, Book 1, ch. 25 (1.25), “Of the Education of Children [De l’institution des enfans]” (1579) [tr. Screech (1987), 1.26]
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Montaigne, Michel de - Essays, Book 1, ch. 25 (1.25), "Of the Education of Children [De l’institution des enfans]" (1579) [tr. Screech (1987), 1.26] | WIST Quotations
I only quote others the better to quote myself. [Je ne dis les autres, sinon pour d’autant plus me dire.] This essay was in the 1st (1588) edition, but this passage was added as of the 3rd (1595) ed.Dave (WIST Quotations)