Moreover, no one dies before his hour: the time you leave behind was no more yours than that was lapsed and gone before you came into the world; nor does it any more concern you.
Michel de Montaigne — personified Nature
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Essays, Book I, “That to Study Philosophy is to Learn to Die,” Cotton translation revised by Hazlitt (1877); Exact wording and attribution checked. Montaigne presents these words as lessons spoken by personified Nature about mortality.
- Essays, Book I, “That to Study Philosophy is to Learn to Die,” Cotton translation revised by Hazlitt (1877)
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