Michel de Montaigne Quotes
There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
Montaigne, Michel de. The Complete Essays of Montaigne. Translated by Donald M. Frame, Stanford UP, 1958, p. 53.
The President later addressed this in his "We have nothing to fear but fear itself" speech – See {636844}.
See Franklin Delano Roosevelt {636844} and Henry David Thoreau {35833} for similar later statements.
See Thoreau {623573} and FDR {636844} for similar sentiments.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, also known as Lord of Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre. His work is noted for its merging of casual anecdotes and autobiography with intellectual insight. His massive volume Essais contains some of the most influential essays ever written.
