Michel de Montaigne Quotes
The share we have in the knowledge of truth, such as it is, has not been acquired by our own powers. God has taught ushis wonderful secrets; our faith is not of our acquiring, it is purely the gift of another's bounty.
Montaigne, Michel de. The Essays of Michel de Montaigne. Translated by Charles Cotton, edited by William Carew Hazlitt, vol. 2, George Bell and Sons, 1892, p. 248.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, also known as Lord of Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre. His work is noted for its merging of casual anecdotes and autobiography with intellectual insight. His massive volume Essais contains some of the most influential essays ever written.