OF VANITY
There is, peradventure, no more manifest vanity than
to write of it so vainly. That which divinity
has so divinely expressed to us—­["Vanity
of vanities: all is vanity...
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The French author Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592) created a new literary genre, the essay, in which he used self-portrayal as a mirror of humanity in general.Michel Eyquem de Montaigne was born...
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The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 17
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne