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Michel de Montaigne Quotes about Tradition

The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from Custom.

The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from Custom.

Michel de Montaigne (1859). “Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Journey Into Italy, and Letters, with Notes from All the Commentators, Biographical and Bibliographical Notices, Etc”, p.171

Custom is a second nature, and no less powerful.

Michel de Montaigne (2015). “Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays”, p.1033, 谷月社