["A little river seems to him, who has never seen a larger river, a mi… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

["A little river seems to him, who has never seen a larger river, a mighty stream; and so with other things--a tree, a man--anything appears greatest to him that never knew a greater."--Idem, vi. 674.]

Place: CHAPTER XXVI · ¶946
License: Public domain · Source
The text is given as in the edition, unedited.

← BackNext →Check your own quote