Famous Quotes | I honor most those to whom I...

I honor most those to whom I show least honor; and where my soul moves with great alacrity, I forget the proper steps of ceremony. - Michel de Montaigne
Attribution: Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592), French essayist. “A Consideration Upon Cicero,” The Essays (Les Essais), bk. I, ch. 40, Abel Langelier, Paris (1595).

Categories: Ceremony, Essayist, Honor, Self

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