Quotation from Essays by Michel de Montaigne

Montaigne justifies portraying an ordinary private life by claiming that each person embodies the whole of humanity.

Citation: "every man carries the entire form of human condition" — Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Book III, Ch. II, 'Of Repentance', trans. Charles Cotton (1685-1686). (id essays-montaigne-q10)

Portrait: Portrait of Michel de Montaigne by unknown painter in the Musée Condé, anonymous, Public domain.

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