Montaigne, 1533-1593 A.D. A very different sort of writer was the Frenchman, Montaigne.    From Wordnik.com.  [Early European History] Reference

Montaigne is right to be against indolence in leaders.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Emperor Should Die On His Feet « So Many Books] Reference

But Montaigne is right, Homer is very much a foundation.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Praise of Great Men « So Many Books] Reference

Montaigne is not an advocate of “spare the rod, spoil the child”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Choler « So Many Books] Reference

Montaigne is educated enough that he knows what medicine means for the 1580s.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Gallstones and Doctors « So Many Books] Reference

On a positive note, The Cambridge Companion to Montaigne is being published next month.    From Wordnik.com.  [Armor and the Man « So Many Books] Reference

Montaigne is suspicious as to why he did this, however, instead of forcing everyone to be pagans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Religious Tolerance and Montaigne « So Many Books] Reference

The glory Montaigne is against is vainglory, the tendency to rate oneself too high and others too low.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quite a Good Scholar « So Many Books] Reference

Montaigne is a devout Catholic too which means he could put his immortal soul in peril if he committed suicide.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Experience, Part Two « So Many Books] Reference

I also managed to glean a better understanding about why Montaigne is so concerned with death and dying and suicide.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reading About Montaigne « So Many Books] Reference

It becomes obvious quickly that the children Montaigne is writing about educating are boy children from families with money.    From Wordnik.com.  [We Don’t Need No Education « So Many Books] Reference

Philosophy for Montaigne is all about moderation, “Moderation is a virtue which makes more demands on you than suffering does.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hail Caesar! « So Many Books] Reference

Montaigne is really talking about surnames in his essay, but we no longer live in a time where family names determine your destiny.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Rose by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet « So Many Books] Reference

Since Montaigne is a stoic, I suppose it is no surprise that he admires those who are unmoved by the tension of a pivotal happening.    From Wordnik.com.  [You Are Getting Sleepy « So Many Books] Reference

Montaigne is a smart and observant man who knows that the Art of Medicine is an inexact art and often times cause more harm than good.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Experience, Part Two « So Many Books] Reference

Would it be wrong to call Montaigne the first blogger?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grounded in Virtual Spaces] Reference

The image that we, reading, call Montaigne, is really ourselves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Classic French Course in English] Reference

But calling Montaigne an egotist does not go a great way to decipher him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country] Reference

An arts patron in Montaigne’s time was very different than in our time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Montaigne’s Legacy « So Many Books] Reference

I’m not quite sure what Montaigne is getting at in his short essay “On Sleep.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [You Are Getting Sleepy « So Many Books] Reference

A new weapon was also beginning to make its appearance in Montaigne’s time, the musket.    From Wordnik.com.  [Armor and the Man « So Many Books] Reference

This article will deal then with avowed skeptics, such as Montaigne.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference

So I’m right there with Montaigne, which isn’t something I expected to say!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life Begins At 40 « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference

Montaigne is concerned with armor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Armor and the Man « So Many Books] Reference

Montaigne is a man who thinks on paper.    From Wordnik.com.  [Socrates was an Ugly Dude with a Beautiful Soul « So Many Books] Reference

Montaigne is a man who wants the facts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Just the Facts M’am « So Many Books] Reference

I think Montaigne is right in this essay.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flip Flop « So Many Books] Reference

Let me begin by saying Montaigne is a Stoic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Repent! « So Many Books] Reference

"Montaigne" which you must have tucked in at the last moment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Betty Leicester A Story For Girls] Reference

That quote is known as Montaigne's axiom.    From Wordnik.com.  [From On High] Reference

But the pen is a rigid instrument; it can say very little "(" Montaigne, "Common Reader).    From Wordnik.com.  [Rescuing Literature: An Exchange] Reference

The most radical breviary of scepticism since Montaigne.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Indeed, as Montaigne says, Courtesy begets esteem at sight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference

Montaigne did -- "On coach horses," and still make it what I please.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference

The Avenue Montaigne store also set the tone for Sander's expansion.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Queen Of Clean] Reference

SEABROOK: How do people judge their happiness, from Socrates, Voltaire and Montaigne - to now?.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Happiness' Is More Complex Than You Might Think] Reference

Montaigne, who was a great lover of Plutarch, and who observes in one passage of his Essays that.    From Wordnik.com.  [Plutarch's Morals] Reference