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Michel de Montaigne quote about ignorance from The Essays of Michel de Montaigne (1580) - nothing is so firmly believed, as what we least know;

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Quotes by Michel de Montaigne · Quotes from The Essays of Michel de Montaigne · Quotes about ignorance · Quotes about knowledge · Quotes about belief · Quotes about intensity

“ nothing is so firmly believed, as what we least know; ”

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Author

Michel de Montaigne

Source

The Essays of Michel de Montaigne

Topic

ignorance knowledge belief intensity

Date

1580

Language

English

Reference

Note

Translated by Charles Cotton

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http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3600/3600-h/3600-h.htm

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