cleerenesse

Updated: May 26, 2025

There is a marvelous cleerenesse, or as I may terme it an enlightning of mans judgement drawne from the commerce of men, and by frequenting abroad in the world; we are all so contrived and compact in our selves, that our sight is made shorter by the length of our nose.

Michel de Montaigne - Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian