Michel de Montaigne quote about control from The Essays of Michel de Montaigne - Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them, if they will not apply themselves to me.
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“ Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them, if they will not apply themselves to me. ”
 Michel de Montaigne, The Essays of Michel de Montaigne (1580). copy citation

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Author Michel de Montaigne
Source The Essays of Michel de Montaigne
Topic control self events
Date 1580
Language English
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Note Translated by Charles Cotton
Weblink http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3600/3600-h/3600-h.htm

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“Ne pouvant régler les événements, je me règle moi-même, et je me plie à eux s'ils ne plient à moi.” Michel de Montaigne, Essais

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Michel de Montaigne quote about control from The Essays of Michel de Montaigne - Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them, if they will not apply themselves to me.
Michel de Montaigne quote about control from The Essays of Michel de Montaigne - Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them, if they will not apply themselves to me.