And certainly a wise man never loses anything if he has himself.
[Certes l’homme d’entendement n’a rien perdu, s’il a soy-mesme.]
Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) French essayist
Essays, Book 1, ch. 38 (1.38)), “Of Solitude [De la solitude]” (1572) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]
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Montaigne, Michel de - Essays, Book 1, ch. 38 (1.38)), "Of Solitude [De la solitude]" (1572) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)] | WIST Quotations
And certainly a wise man never loses anything if he has himself. [Certes l’homme d’entendement n’a rien perdu, s’il a soy-mesme.] This essay and passage were in the 1st (1580) edition.WIST Quotations
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