The Death of Marcus Aurelius

The Death of Marcus Aurelius

Sunday, October 24, 2021

Tidbits from Montaigne 33


The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold. . . . 

The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war between princes.

—Michel de Montaigne, Essays 2.12

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