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title: "74 Ifs Quotes By Michel de Montaigne"
description: "74 Ifs quotes by Michel de Montaigne. Plus more from Michel de Montaigne and more Ifs sayings from other authors."
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> [A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/a-wise-man-loses-nothing-if-he-but-save-himself/)

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> [If I were of the trade, I should naturalize art as much as they "artialize" nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/if-i-were-of-the-trade-i-should-naturalize-art-as-much-as-they/)

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> [It's not victory if it doesn't end the war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/it-s-not-victory-if-it-doesn-t-end-the-war/)

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> [He who falls obstinate in his courage, if he falls he fights from his knees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/he-who-falls-obstinate-in-his-courage-if-he-falls-he-fights-from-his/)

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> [When we see a man with bad shoes, we say it is no wonder, if he is a shoemaker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/when-we-see-a-man-with-bad-shoes-we-say-it-is-no-wonder-if-he-is-a/)

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> [I will follow the right side even to the fire, but excluding the fire if I can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/i-will-follow-the-right-side-even-to-the-fire-but-excluding-the-fire/)

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> [Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/wise-people-are-foolish-if-they-cannot-adapt-to-foolish-people/)

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> [I aim here only at revealing myself, who will perhaps be different tomorrow, if I learn something new which changes me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/i-aim-here-only-at-revealing-myself-who-will-perhaps-be-different/)

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> [If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than it was because he was he,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/if-you-press-me-to-say-why-i-loved-him-i-can-say-no-more-than-it-was/)

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> [If by being overstudious, we impair our health and spoil our good humor, let us give it up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/if-by-being-overstudious-we-impair-our-health-and-spoil-our-good/)

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> [If health and a fair day smile upon me, I am a very good fellow; if a corn trouble my toe, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/if-health-and-a-fair-day-smile-upon-me-i-am-a-very-good-fellow-if-a/)

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> [Virtue cannot be followed but for herself, and if one sometimes borrows her mask to some other purpose, she presently pulls it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/virtue-cannot-be-followed-but-for-herself-and-if-one-sometimes/)

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> [If you want it to be so, history can be a waste of time; it can also be, if you want it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/if-you-want-it-to-be-so-history-can-be-a-waste-of-time-it-can-also-be/)

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> [Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them if they will not apply themselves to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/not-being-able-to-govern-events-i-govern-myself-and-apply-myself-to/)

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> [The most ordinary things, the most common and familiar, if we could see them in their true light, would turn out to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-most-ordinary-things-the-most-common-and-familiar-if-we-could-see/)

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> [In my opinion, the most fruitful and natural play of the mind is in conversation. I find it sweeter than any other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/in-my-opinion-the-most-fruitful-and-natural-play-of-the-mind-is-in/)

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> [If these Essays were worthy of being judged, it might fall out, in my opinion, that they would not find much favour,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/if-these-essays-were-worthy-of-being-judged-it-might-fall-out-in-my/)

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> [We must learn to endure what we cannot avoid. Our life is composed, like the harmony of the world, of contrary things,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/we-must-learn-to-endure-what-we-cannot-avoid-our-life-is-composed/)

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> [We are nearer neighbors to ourselves than the whiteness of snow or the weight of stones are to us: if man does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/we-are-nearer-neighbors-to-ourselves-than-the-whiteness-of-snow-or/)

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> [The general order of things that takes care of fleas and moles also takes care of men, if they will have the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-general-order-of-things-that-takes-care-of-fleas-and-moles-also/)

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> [My opinion is that we must lend ourselves to others and give ourselves only to ourselves. If my will happened to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/my-opinion-is-that-we-must-lend-ourselves-to-others-and-give/)

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> [If falsehood, like truth, had but one face, we would be more on equal terms. For we would consider the contrary of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/if-falsehood-like-truth-had-but-one-face-we-would-be-more-on-equal/)

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> [We have no participation in Being, because all human nature is ever midway between being born and dying, giving off only a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/we-have-no-participation-in-being-because-all-human-nature-is-ever/)

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> [For all parts of the body that we see fit to expose to the wind and air are found fit to endure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/for-all-parts-of-the-body-that-we-see-fit-to-expose-to-the-wind-and/)

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> [Memory is a wonderfully useful tool, and without it judgement does its work with difficulty; it is entirely lacking in me… Now,the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/memory-is-a-wonderfully-useful-tool-and-without-it-judgement-does-its/)

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> [Marriage has, for its share, usefulness, justice, honour, and constancy; a stale but more durable pleasure. Love is grounded on pleasure alone,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/marriage-has-for-its-share-usefulness-justice-honour-and-constancy-a/)

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> [God might grant us riches, honours, life, and even health, to our own hurt; for every thing that is pleasing to us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/god-might-grant-us-riches-honours-life-and-even-health-to-our-own/)

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> [Learning is not to be tacked to the mind, but we must fuse and blend them together, not merely giving the mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/learning-is-not-to-be-tacked-to-the-mind-but-we-must-fuse-and-blend/)

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> [A tutor should not be continually thundering instruction into the ears of his pupil, as if he were pouring it through a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/a-tutor-should-not-be-continually-thundering-instruction-into-the/)

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> [Why dost thou complain of this world? It detains thee not; thy own cowardice is the cause, if thou livest in pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/why-dost-thou-complain-of-this-world-it-detains-thee-not-thy-own/)

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> [When I play with my cat, who knows whether I do not make her more sport than she makes me?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/when-i-play-with-my-cat-who-knows-whether-i-do-not-make-her-more/)

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> [Amongst so many borrowed things, am glad if I can steal one, disguising and altering it for some new service.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/amongst-so-many-borrowed-things-am-glad-if-i-can-steal-one-disguising/)

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> [We may so seize on virtue, that if we embrace it with an overgreedy and violent desire, it may become vicious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/we-may-so-seize-on-virtue-that-if-we-embrace-it-with-an-overgreedy/)

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> [Knowledge is an excellent drug; but no drug has virtue enough to preserve itself from corruption and decay, if the vessel be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/knowledge-is-an-excellent-drug-but-no-drug-has-virtue-enough-to/)

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> [And if nobody reads me, shall I have wasted my time, when I have beguiled so many idle hours with such pleasant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/and-if-nobody-reads-me-shall-i-have-wasted-my-time-when-i-have/)

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> [There is not one of us that would not be worse than kings, if so continually corrupted as they are with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/there-is-not-one-of-us-that-would-not-be-worse-than-kings-if-so/)

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> [If my mind could gain a firm footing, I would not make essays, I would make decisions; but it is always in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/if-my-mind-could-gain-a-firm-footing-i-would-not-make-essays-i-would/)

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> [A good marriage (if any there be) refuses the conditions of love and endeavors to present those of amity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/a-good-marriage-if-any-there-be-refuses-the-conditions-of-love-and/)

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> [Might I have had my own will, I would not have married Wisdom herself, if she would have had me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/might-i-have-had-my-own-will-i-would-not-have-married-wisdom-herself/)

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> [A father is very miserable who has no other hold on his children's affection than the need they have of his assistance,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/a-father-is-very-miserable-who-has-no-other-hold-on-his-children-s/)

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## Other authors on Ifs

## More by Michel de Montaigne

> [No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/no-man-is-exempt-from-saying-silly-things-the-mischief-is-to-say-them/)

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> [The laws keep up their credit, not by being just, but because they are laws; 'tis the mystic foundation of their authority; they have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-laws-keep-up-their-credit-not-by-being-just-but-because-they-are/)

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> [Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/every-one-rushes-elsewhere-and-into-the-future-because-no-one-wants/)

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> [Beauty is the true prerogative of women, and so peculiarly their own, that our sex, though naturally requiring another sort of feature, is never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/beauty-is-the-true-prerogative-of-women-and-so-peculiarly-their-own/)

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> [The height and value of true virtue consists in the facility, utility, and pleasure of its exercise; so far from difficulty, that boys, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-height-and-value-of-true-virtue-consists-in-the-facility-utility/)

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> [Fie on the eloquence that leaves us craving itself, not things!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/fie-on-the-eloquence-that-leaves-us-craving-itself-not-things/)

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> [The plainest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness: her state is like that of things in the regions above the moon, always clear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-plainest-sign-of-wisdom-is-a-continual-cheerfulness-her-state-is/)

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> [The corruption of the age is made up by the particular contribution of every individual man; some contribute treachery, others injustice, atheism, tyranny, avarice,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-corruption-of-the-age-is-made-up-by-the-particular-contribution/)

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> [If people must be talking about me, I would have it to be truthfully and justly. I would willingly return from the next world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/if-people-must-be-talking-about-me-i-would-have-it-to-be-truthfully/)

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> [Most pleasures embrace us but to strangle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/most-pleasures-embrace-us-but-to-strangle/)

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> [In true friendship, in which I am expert, I give myself to my friend more than I draw him to me. I not only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/in-true-friendship-in-which-i-am-expert-i-give-myself-to-my-friend/)

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> [There are as many and innumerable degrees of wit, as there are cubits between this and heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/there-are-as-many-and-innumerable-degrees-of-wit-as-there-are-cubits/)

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> [A man has need of tough ears to hear himself fairly judged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/a-man-has-need-of-tough-ears-to-hear-himself-fairly-judged/)

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> [Lucius Arruntius killed himself, he said, to escape both the future and the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/lucius-arruntius-killed-himself-he-said-to-escape-both-the-future-and/)

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> [I have a vocabulary all my own. I pass the time when itis wet and disagreeable. Whenit is fine I do not wish to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/i-have-a-vocabulary-all-my-own-i-pass-the-time-when-itis-wet-and/)

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