Famous Quotes | I seek in books only to give...

I seek in books only to give myself pleasure by honest amusement; or if I study, I seek only the learning that treats of the knowledge of myself and instructs me in how to die well and live well. - Michel de Montaigne
Attribution: Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592), French essayist. “Of Books,” The Essays (Les Essais), bk. II, ch. 10, Simon Millanges, Bordeaux, first edition (1580).

Categories: Books, Education, Essayist, Pleasures

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