Michel de Montaigne Quotes on Identity
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Je veux qu'on me voit en ma facon simple, naturelle, et ordinaire, sans etude et artifice; car c'est moi que je peins...Je suis moi-meme la matiere de mon livre.
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Parce que c'etait lui; parce que c'etait moi.
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La plus grande chose du monde, c'est de savoir etre a soi.
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There is as much difference between us and ourselves as between us and others.
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Not because Socrates said so, but because it is in truth my own disposition - and perchance to some excess - I look upon all men as my compatriots, and embrace a Pole as a Frenchman, making less account of the national than of the universal and common bond.
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I have seen no more evident monstrosity and miracle in the world than myself.
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I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.