Virtue shuns ease as a companion... It demands a rough and thorny path.

La vertu refuse la facilité pour compaigne … Elle demande un chemin aspre et espineux.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Topic

Virtue Self-improvement Personal growth

Author

Michel de Montaigne

Source

Of Cruelty Essays

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

French

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "De La Cruaute [Of Cruelty]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

Current Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "On Cruelty." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.

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