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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 9335 |
| AUTHOR: | Michel Eyquem, seigneur de Montaigne (1533–1592) |
| QUOTATION: | I, who have so much and so universally adored this [greek], “excellent mediocrity,” 1 of ancient times, and who have concluded the most moderate measure the most perfect, shall I pretend to an unreasonable and prodigious old age? |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Book iii. Chap. xiii. Of Experience. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Note 1. See Cowper, Quotation 112. [back] |
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