Michel de Montaigne Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: February 28, 1533 - September 13, 1592
Birthday: February 28
Death: September 13
Poetry reproduces an indefinable mood that is more amorous than love itself. Venus is not so beautiful all naked, alive, and panting, as she is here in Virgil.
source: Michel de Montaigne (1958). “Complete Essays”, p.645, Stanford University Press
topic: Love, Beautiful, Poetry, Indefinable, Amorous
