It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Philosophical discussions habitually make men happy and joyful not frowning and sad. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
It is in the enjoyment and not in mere possession that makes for happiness. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Wisdom has its excesses, and has no less need of moderation than folly. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
In my opinion it is the happy living, and not, as Antisthenes said, the happy lying, in which human happiness consists. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the great art of life is to have as many of them… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Whatever the Benefits of Fortune are , they yet require a Palate fit to relish and taste them; 'Tis Fruition, and not… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
There is some shadow of delight and delicacy which smiles upon and flatters us even in the very lap of melancholy. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“Let us never allow ourselves to be carried away so completely by pleasure that we fail to recall from time to time… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
It needs good management to enjoy life. I enjoy it twice as much as others, for the measure of enjoyment depends on… — 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
