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Quotation from Essays by Michel de Montaigne
“I am in conflict with the worst, the most sudden, the most painful, the most mortal, and the most irremediable of all diseases”
Essays, Book II, Ch. XXXVII, 'Of the Resemblance of Children to Their Fathers', trans. Charles Cotton (1685-1686)
Eighteen months after his first attacks of kidney stone, Montaigne describes his illness before arguing that it reconciles him to death.
Citation: "I am in conflict with the worst, the most sudden, the most painful, the most mortal, and the most irremediable of all diseases" — Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Book II, Ch. XXXVII, 'Of the Resemblance of Children to Their Fathers', trans. Charles Cotton (1685-1686). (id essays-montaigne-q9)
Portrait: Portrait of Michel de Montaigne by unknown painter in the Musée Condé, anonymous, Public domain.
