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“Life itself is neither a good nor an evil: life is where good or evil find a place, depending on how you make it for them.”
― The Essays: A Selection
― The Essays: A Selection
“Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
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“The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.”
― The Journal of Jules Renard
― The Journal of Jules Renard
“On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
Constant Reader
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A forum for friendly discussion of classics, literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry and short stories. We also love movies and art. Don't ask to join th ...more
Classics and the Western Canon
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This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though ...more
Reading Montaigne
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The goal is to read and understand the Complete Essays of Michel De Montaigne Translated by M.A. Screech published by Penguin Classics
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