John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9294 Mihel Eyquem
| NUMBER: | 9294 |
| AUTHOR: | Michel Eyquem, seigneur de Montaigne (1533–1592) |
| QUOTATION: | Why may not a goose say thus: “All the parts of the universe I have an interest in: the earth serves me to walk upon, the sun to light me; the stars have their influence upon me; I have such an advantage by the winds and such by the waters; there is nothing that yon heavenly roof looks upon so favourably as me. I am the darling of Nature! Is it not man that keeps and serves me?” 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Book ii. Chap. xii. Apology for Raimond Sebond. |
| Note 1. See Pope, Quotation 35. [back] |