Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Though we may be learned by another's knowledge, we can never be wise but by our own experience. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I may indeed very well happen to contradict myself; but truth, as Demades said, I do not contradict. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Every man may speak truly, but to speak methodically, prudently, and fully is a talent that few men have. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I must accommodate my history to the hour: I may presently change, not only by fortune, but also by intention. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
We may so seize on virtue, that if we embrace it with an overgreedy and violent desire, it may become vicious. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
..a man may live long, yet live very little. Satisfaction in life depends not on the number of your years, but on… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The utility of living consists not in the length of days, but in the use of time; a man may have lived… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
We cannot do without it, and yet we disgrace and vilify the same. It may be compared to a cage, the birds… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
A man may by custom fortify himself against pain, shame, and suchlike accidents; but as to death, we can experience it but… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Most men are rich in borrowed sufficiency: a man may very well say a good thing, give a good answer, cite a… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I agree that we should work and prolong the functions of life as far as we can, and hope that Death may… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Their [the Skeptics'] way of speaking is: "I settle nothing. . . . I do not understand it. . . . Nothing… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Petty vexations may at times be petty, but still they are vexations. The smallest and most inconsiderable annoyances are the most piercing.… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Each person calls barbarism whatever is not his or her own practice.... We may call Cannibals barbarians, in respect to the rulesof… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Who is only good that others may know it, and that he may be the better esteemed when 'tis known, who will… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The recognition of virtue is not less valuable from the lips of the man who hates it, since truth forces him to… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. It is... opening a door that we may derive instruction from the example of… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Old age is a lease nature only signs as a particular favor, and it may be, to one, only in the space… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
We have more poets than judges and interpreters of poetry. It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Business in a certain sort of men is a mark of understanding, and they are honored for it. Their souls seek repose… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I would like to suggest that our minds are swamped by too much study and by too much matter just as plants… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
A volunteer, you assign yourself specific roles and risks according to your judgement of their brilliance and importance, and you see when… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I see several animals that live so entire and perfect a life, some without sight, others without hearing: who knows whether to… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Aesop, that great man, saw his master making water as he walked. "What!" he said, "Must we void ourselves as we run?"… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Whatever I may be, I want to be elsewhere than on paper. My art and my industry have been employed in making… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
One may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us, and whereto our passions transport us; but those which by long habits are… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
We cannot be held to what is beyond our strength and means; for at times the accomplishment and execution may not be… — 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… — 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
One may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us and whereto our passions transport us. But those which by long habit are… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
There is a certain consideration, and a general duty of humanity, that binds us not only to the animals, which have life… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I have seen books made of things neither studied nor ever understood ... the author contenting himself for his own part, to… — 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
Whenever a new finding is reported to the world people say - It is probably not true. Later on, when the reliability… — 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
![“Their [the Skeptics'] way of speaking is: "I settle nothing. . . . I do not understand it. . . . Nothing seems true that may not seem false." Their sacramental word is . . . , which is to say, I suspend my judgment.” quote by Michel de Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/64e/michel-de-montaigne-142_judgment_their-the-skeptics-way-of-speaking-is-i_1470862.jpg)
