He that had never seen a river, imagined the first he met with to be the sea. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Lying is a disgraceful vice, and one that Plutarch paints in most disgraceful colors, when he says that it is "affording testimony… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
He that had never seen a river imagined the first he met to be the sea; and the greatest things that have… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Now there cannot be first principles for men, unless the Divinity has revealed them; all the rest--beginning, middle, and end--isnothing but dreams… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Socrates and then Archesilaus used to make their pupils speak first; they spoke afterwards. 'Obest plerumque iss discere volunt authoritas eorum qui… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The knowledge of courtesy and good manners is a very necessary study. It is like grace and beauty, that which begets liking… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The first lessons with which we should irrigate his mind should be those which teach him to know himself, and to know… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Whenever a new discovery is reported to the world, they say first, It is probably not true, Then after, when the truth… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
While our pulse beats and we feel emotion, let us put off the business. Things will truly seem different to us when… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
We call comeliness a mischance in the first respect, which belongs principally to the face. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
He that first likened glory to a shadow did better than he was aware of. They are both of them things excellently… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I do not correct my first imaginings by my second--well, yes, perhaps a word or so, but only to vary, not to… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Authors communicate with the people by some special extrinsic mark; I am the first to do so by my entire being, as… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Courtesy, like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and inclination to love one another at the first sight, and in the… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
One man may have some special knowledge at first-hand about the character of a river or a spring, who otherwise knows only… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The first law that ever God gave to man was a law of pure obedience; it was a commandment naked and simple,… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Truth and reason are common to everyone, and are no more his who spake them first than his who speaks them after. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Those who give the first shock to a state are the first overwhelmed in its ruin; the fruits of public commotion are… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The first distinction among men, and the first consideration that gave one precedence over another, was doubtless the advantage of beauty. — 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
![“Socrates and then Archesilaus used to make their pupils speak first; they spoke afterwards. 'Obest plerumque iss discere volunt authoritas eorum qui docent.' [For those who want to learn, the obstacle can often be the authority of those who teach]” quote by Michel de Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/05d/michel-de-montaigne-142_authority_socrates-and-then-archesilaus-used-to-ma_751517.jpg)
