TY - EJOUR A1 - Legros, Alain TI - Viresque acquirit eundo - La devise des Essais et ses antécédents T2 - Bulletin de la Société internationale des amis de Montaigne 2014 – 2 et 2015 – 1, n° 60-61. varia JO - Bulletin de la Société internationale des amis de Montaigne (ISSN 2261-897X), 60, 2014 – 2 et 2015 – 1 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-8124-4846-1.p.0033 SN - 2261-897X SP - 33 EP - 40 AB - The epigraph finally chosen by Montaigne as a motto for his Essais refers to a formula by Virgil: viresque acquirit eundo, which can be translated literally as “and she gains strength in going on”. Like a human being changing every seven years, if not from minute to minute, the book-child, under the tender yet critical eyes of the author, appears neither exactly the same, nor entirely different. PY - 2015 DA - 2015/10/07 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris LA - fre UR - https://shop.staging.classiques-garnier.net/bulletin-de-la-societe-internationale-des-amis-de-montaigne-2014-2-et-2015-1-n-60-61-varia-viresque-acquirit-eundo-en.html Y2 - 2025/12/06 ER -