John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9315 Mihel Eyquem
| NUMBER: | 9315 |
| AUTHOR: | Michel Eyquem, seigneur de Montaigne (1533–1592) |
| QUOTATION: | I moreover affirm that our wisdom itself, and wisest consultations, for the most part commit themselves to the conduct of chance. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Book iii. Chap. viii. Of the Art of Conversation. |
| Note 1. Although men flatter themselves with their great actions, they are not so often the result of great design as of chance.—Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld: Maxim 57. [back] |