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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 40351 |
| QUOTATION: | On the loftiest throne in the world we are still sitting only on our own rump. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592), French essayist. “Of Experience,” The Essays (Les Essais), bk. III, ch. 13, Abel Langelier, Paris (1595). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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