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		<title>Montaigne, Michel de -- Essays, Book 2, ch. 17 (2.17), &#8220;Of Presumption [De la Presomption]&#8221; (1578) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man must not always tell all, for that were folly: but what a man says should be what he thinks, otherwise ’tis knavery. [Il ne faut pas tousjours dire tout, car ce seroit sottise : Mais ce qu’on dit, il faut qu’il soit tel qu’on le pense : autrement, c’est meschanceté.] Both this essay [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A man must not always tell all, for that were folly: but what a man says should be what he thinks, otherwise ’tis knavery.</p>
<p><em>[Il ne faut pas tousjours dire tout, car ce seroit sottise : Mais ce qu’on dit, il faut qu’il soit tel qu’on le pense : autrement, c’est meschanceté.]</em></p>
<br><b>Michel de Montaigne</b> (1533-1592) French essayist<br><i>Essays</i>, Book 2, ch. 17 (2.17), &#8220;Of Presumption <i>[De la Presomption]</i>&#8221; (1578) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://hyperessays.net/essays/on-presumption/#:~:text=A%20man%20must%20not%20always%20tell%20all%2C%20for%20that%20were%20folly%3A%20but%20what%20a%20man%20says%20should%20be%20what%20he%20thinks%2C%20otherwise%20%E2%80%99tis%20knavery." target="_blank">Source</a>)
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Both this essay and this passage were in the 1st (1580) edition.<br><br>

(<a href="https://hyperessays.net/gournay/book/II/chapter/17/#:~:text=surprenans%20%26%20agitans%20impremeditement.-,Il%20ne%20faut%20pas%20tousjours%20dire%20tout%2C%20car%20ce%20seroit%20sottise%C2%A0%3A%20Mais%20ce%20qu%E2%80%99on%20dit%2C%20il%20faut%20qu%E2%80%99il%20soit%20tel%20qu%E2%80%99on%20le%20pense%C2%A0%3A%20autrement%2C%20c%E2%80%99est%20meschancet%C3%A9.,-Je%20ne%20s%C3%A7ay">Source (French)</a>). Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote><i>A man must not alwayes say al he knows,</i> for that were folie: <i>But what a man speaks ought to be agreeing to his thoughts,</i> otherwise it is impietie.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://hyperessays.net/florio/book/II/chapter/17/#:~:text=A%20man%20must%20not%20alwayes%20say%20al%20he%20knows%2C%20for%20that%20were%20folie%3A%20But%20what%20a%20man%20speaks%20ought%20to%20be%20agreeing%20to%20his%20thoughts%2C%20otherwise%20it%20is%20impietie.">Florio</a> (1603)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>A man must not always tell all, for that were folly; but what a man says should be what he thinks, otherwise it is knavery.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/essaysmichaelde00montgoog/page/344/mode/2up?q=%22A+man+must+oiot+always%22">Cotton</a> (1686)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Every thing must not always be said, for that would be folly; but what one says should be what one thinks; otherwise it is knavery.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Essays_of_Montaigne/Ht7QAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22would%20be%20folly%22">Ives</a> (1925)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>A man must not always say everything, for that were folly; but what a man does say should be what he thinks; otherwise it is knavery. <br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Essays_of_Michel_de_Montaigne/cncGAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22must%20not%20always%22">Zeitlin</a> (1934)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>We must not always say everything, for that would be folly; but what we say must be what we think; otherwise it is wickedness.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/completeworksofm0000mont/page/490/mode/2up?q=%22that+would+be+folly%22">Frame</a> (1943)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>It is not necessary always to say everything, for that would be foolish; but what we say should be what we think, the contrary is wicked.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780140178975/page/208/mode/2up?q=%22necessary+always+to+say%22">Cohen</a> (1958)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>We should not always say everything: that would be stupid; but what we do say must be what we think: to do otherwise is wicked. <br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/the-complete-essays-montaigne-michel-de-1533-1592/page/735/mode/2up?q=%22We+should+not+always+say%22">Screech</a> (1987)]</blockquote><br>						</span>
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