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		<title>Montaigne, Michel de -- Essays, Book 3, ch.  2 (3.2), &#8220;Of Repentance [Du Repentir]&#8221; (1586) [tr. Frame (1943)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Men have seemed miraculous to the world, in whom their wives and valets have never seen anything even worth noticing. Few men have been admired by their own households. [Tel a esté miraculeux au monde, auquel sa femme &#038; son valet n’ont rien veu seulement de remerquable. Peu d’hommes ont esté admirez par leurs domestiques.] [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Men have seemed miraculous to the world, in whom their wives and valets have never seen anything even worth noticing. Few men have been admired by their own households.</p>
<p><em>[Tel a esté miraculeux au monde, auquel sa femme &#038; son valet n’ont rien veu seulement de remerquable. Peu d’hommes ont esté admirez par leurs domestiques.]</em></p>
<br><b>Michel de Montaigne</b> (1533-1592) French essayist<br><i>Essays</i>, Book 3, ch.  2 (3.2), &#8220;Of Repentance <i>[Du Repentir]&#8221;</i> (1586) [tr. Frame (1943)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/completeworksofm0000mont/page/614/mode/2up?view=theater&q=%22men+have+seemed+miraculous%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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See <a href="/cornuel-anne-marie/30764/">Cornuel</a> (1728) and <a href="/goethe-johann/4902/">Goethe</a> (1805). For discussion on this and related quotes, see <a href="https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/samuel-arthur-bent/mme-de-cornuel/#:~:text=%5BA%20witty%20Frenchwoman,a%20close%20view.%E2%80%9D">here</a>.<br><br> 

(<a href="https://hyperessays.net/gournay/book/III/chapter/2/#:~:text=Tel%20a%20est%C3%A9%20miraculeux%20au%20monde%2C%20auquel%20sa%20femme%20%26%20son%20valet%20n%E2%80%99ont%20rien%20veu%20seulement%20de%20remerquable.%20Peu%20d%E2%80%99hommes%20ont%20est%C3%A9%20admirez%20par%20leurs%20domestiques.">Source (French)</a>). Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>Some have beene admirable to the world, in whom nor his wife, nor his servant ever noted any thing remarkeable. Few men have beene admired of their familiers.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://hyperessays.net/florio/book/III/chapter/2/#:~:text=Some%20have%20beene%20admirable%20to%20the%20world%2C%20in%20whom%20nor%20his%20wife%2C%20nor%20his%20servant%20ever%20noted%20any%20thing%20remarkeable.%20Few%20men%20have%20beene%20admired%20of%20their%20familiers.">Florio</a> (1603)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Such a one has been a Miracle to the World, in whom neither his Wife nor Servant have ever seen any thing so much as remarkable. Few men have been admired by their own Domesticks.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/essaysmichaelse00cottgoog/page/28/mode/2up?q=%22%C2%A5ew+men+have+jbeen%22&view=theater">Cotton</a> (1686)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Such a one has been a miracle to the world, in whom neither his wife nor servant has ever seen anything so much as remarkable; few men have been admired by their own domestics.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://hyperessays.net/essays/on-repentance/#:~:text=Such%20a%20one%20has%20been%20a%20miracle%20to%20the%20world%2C%20in%20whom%20neither%20his%20wife%20nor%20servant%20has%20ever%20seen%20anything%20so%20much%20as%20remarkable%3B%20few%20men%20have%20been%20admired%20by%20their%20own%20domestics.">Cotton/Hazlitt</a> (1877)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>A man may appear wonderful to the world, in whom his wife and his servant see nothing even remarkable; few men have been admired by their household.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Essays_of_Montaigne/Ht7QAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22a%20man%20may%20appear%20wonderful%22">Ives</a> (1925)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Many a man has been a wonder to the world, whose wife and valet have seen nothing in him that was even remarkable. Few have been admired by their servants.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780140178975/page/240/mode/2up?q=%22many+a+man+has+been%22">Cohen</a> (1958)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>A man may appear to the world as a marvel: yet his wife and his manservant see nothing remarkable about him. Few men have been wonders to their families.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/the-complete-essays-montaigne-michel-de-1533-1592/page/911/mode/2up?q=%22appear+to+the+world%22&view=theater">Screech</a> (1987)]</blockquote><br>
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