The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be at home in oneself.
La plus grande chose du monde, c'est de scavoir estre a soy.
Philosophers
Michel de Montaigne
Born 1533 in the Perigord region of France, Montaigne invented the modern essay. He retired from his post as a magistrate at thirty-seven to a tower at his chateau and spent twenty years writing the Essais, observing.
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