Michel de Montaigne: He that I am reading seems always to have the most force.

He that I am reading seems always to have the most force. — Michel de Montaigne

He that I am reading seems always to have the most force.

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Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to se — Michel de Montaigne
I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of. — Michel de Montaigne
I have seen no more evident monstrosity and miracle in the world than myself. — Michel de Montaigne
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I pre-suppose, of course, a reader who is willing to learn something new and the — Karl Marx
Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educa — Gustave Flaubert
Never read any book that is not a year old. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Classics which at home are drowsily read have a strange charm in a country inn, — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Truly there is a tide in the affairs of men; but there is no gulf-stream setting — James Russell Lowell
The truth is so lovable that it has only to be known to be embraced. — Plutarch as quoted by ** David Allyn Gorton
How many, once lauded in song, are given over to the forgotten; and how many who — Marcus Aurelius
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above moral — Henry David Thoreau