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Michel de Montaigne on Writing

1533–1592 France

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And to bring in a new word by the head and shoulders, they leave out the old one.

Essais (1571)

To an atheist all writings tend to atheism: he corrupts the most innocent matter with his own venom.

Essais (1571)

How many quarrels, and how important, has the doubt as to the meaning of this syllable "Hoc" produced for the world!

Words repeated again have as another sound, so another sense.

Writing does not cause misery. It is born of misery.

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