Tis faith alone that vividly and certainly comprehends the deep mysteries of our religion. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“I would rather let affairs break their neck than twist my faith for the sake of them.” — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The share we have in the knowledge of truth, such as it is, has not been acquired by our own powers. God… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Persons of mean understandings, not so inquisitive, nor so well instructed, are made good Christians, and by reverence and obedience, implicity believe,… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“A noble heart should not belie its thoughts; it wants to reveal itself even to its inmost depths. There everything is good,… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Every one is well or ill at ease, according as he finds himself! not he whom the world believes, but he who… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The plague of man is the opinion of knowledge. That is why ignorance is so recommended by our religion as a quality… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Is it not better to remain in suspense than to entangle yourself in the many errors that the human fancy has produced?… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is not without reason that we attribute facility in belief and conviction to simplicity and ignorance; for it seems to… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The laws keep up their credit, not by being just, but because they are laws; 'tis the mystic foundation of their authority; they have… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Beauty is the true prerogative of women, and so peculiarly their own, that our sex, though naturally requiring another sort of feature, is never… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The height and value of true virtue consists in the facility, utility, and pleasure of its exercise; so far from difficulty, that boys, as… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Fie on the eloquence that leaves us craving itself, not things! — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The plainest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness: her state is like that of things in the regions above the moon, always clear… — Michel De Montaigne Copy Share Image
The corruption of the age is made up by the particular contribution of every individual man; some contribute treachery, others injustice, atheism, tyranny, avarice,… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
If people must be talking about me, I would have it to be truthfully and justly. I would willingly return from the next world… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
In true friendship, in which I am expert, I give myself to my friend more than I draw him to me. I not only… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
There are as many and innumerable degrees of wit, as there are cubits between this and heaven. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
