What is the original French?

Et au plus esleué throne du monde, si ne sommes nous assis, que sus nostre cul. Translated from the original French by Spartan Surfers.

Et au plus esleué throne du monde, si ne sommes nous assis, que sus nostre cul.

On the highest throne in the world, we still sit on our own backside.

Montaigne, Essays 3.13 (Of Experience)

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What it means

Climb on stilts and you still walk on your own legs. Montaigne uses blunt humor to puncture pride. However high you rise, you remain human.

The source

"On the highest throne in the world, we still sit on our own backside." Montaigne said it in Essays 3.13 (Of Experience). Translated from the original French by Spartan Surfers.

"Et au plus esleué throne du monde, si ne sommes nous assis, que sus nostre cul."

Original French, Essays 3.13 (Of Experience). Text read at gutenberg.org.

Who said it

Montaigne (1533–1592). French magistrate who retired to his tower library and invented the essay. His motto was a question: What do I know?

Questions

What does "On the highest throne in the world, we still sit on our own backside." mean?: Climb on stilts and you still walk on your own legs. Montaigne uses blunt humor to puncture pride. However high you rise, you remain human.
Who said "On the highest throne in the world, we still sit on our own backside."?: Montaigne (1533–1592). Source: Essays 3.13 (Of Experience).
What is the original French?: Et au plus esleué throne du monde, si ne sommes nous assis, que sus nostre cul. Translated from the original French by Spartan Surfers.
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"On the highest throne in the world, we still sit on our own backside." (Montaigne, Essays 3.13 (Of Experience), translated by Spartan Surfers). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/on-the-highest-throne-in-the-world-we