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title: "40 May Quotes By Michel de Montaigne"
description: "40 May quotes by Michel de Montaigne. Plus more from Michel de Montaigne and more May sayings from other authors."
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> [God defend me from myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/god-defend-me-from-myself/)

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> [One may be humble out of pride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/one-may-be-humble-out-of-pride/)

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> [A man may be humble through vainglory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/a-man-may-be-humble-through-vainglory/)

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> [May God defend me from myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/may-god-defend-me-from-myself/)

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> [Vexations may be petty, but they are vexations still.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/vexations-may-be-petty-but-they-are-vexations-still/)

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> [Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/learned-we-may-be-with-another-man-s-learning-we-can-only-be-wise/)

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> [I may indeed very well happen to contradict myself; but truth, as Demades said, I do not contradict.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/i-may-indeed-very-well-happen-to-contradict-myself-but-truth-as/)

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> [Though we may be learned by another's knowledge, we can never be wise but by our own experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/though-we-may-be-learned-by-another-s-knowledge-we-can-never-be-wise/)

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> [Every man may speak truly, but to speak methodically, prudently, and fully is a talent that few men have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/every-man-may-speak-truly-but-to-speak-methodically-prudently-and/)

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> [A man may by custom fortify himself against pain, shame, and suchlike accidents; but as to death, we can experience it but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/a-man-may-by-custom-fortify-himself-against-pain-shame-and-suchlike/)

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> [The utility of living consists not in the length of days, but in the use of time; a man may have lived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-utility-of-living-consists-not-in-the-length-of-days-but-in-the/)

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> [A volunteer, you assign yourself specific roles and risks according to your judgement of their brilliance and importance, and you see when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/a-volunteer-you-assign-yourself-specific-roles-and-risks-according-to/)

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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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> [I see several animals that live so entire and perfect a life, some without sight, others without hearing: who knows whether to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/i-see-several-animals-that-live-so-entire-and-perfect-a-life-some/)

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> [Aesop, that great man, saw his master making water as he walked. "What!" he said, "Must we void ourselves as we run?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/aesop-that-great-man-saw-his-master-making-water-as-he-walked-what-he/)

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> [I must accommodate my history to the hour: I may presently change, not only by fortune, but also by intention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/i-must-accommodate-my-history-to-the-hour-i-may-presently-change-not/)

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> [Old age is a lease nature only signs as a particular favor, and it may be, to one, only in the space…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/old-age-is-a-lease-nature-only-signs-as-a-particular-favor-and-it-may/)

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> [The recognition of virtue is not less valuable from the lips of the man who hates it, since truth forces him to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-recognition-of-virtue-is-not-less-valuable-from-the-lips-of-the/)

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> [Whatever I may be, I want to be elsewhere than on paper. My art and my industry have been employed in making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/whatever-i-may-be-i-want-to-be-elsewhere-than-on-paper-my-art-and-my/)

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> [ Their \[the Skeptics'\] way of speaking is: "I settle nothing. . . . I do not understand it. . . . Nothing… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/their-the-skeptics-way-of-speaking-is-i-settle-nothing-i-do-not/)

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> [I agree that we should work and prolong the functions of life as far as we can, and hope that Death may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/i-agree-that-we-should-work-and-prolong-the-functions-of-life-as-far/)

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> [I have seen books made of things neither studied nor ever understood ... the author contenting himself for his own part, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/i-have-seen-books-made-of-things-neither-studied-nor-ever-understood/)

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> [Each person calls barbarism whatever is not his or her own practice… We may call Cannibals barbarians, in respect to the rulesof…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/each-person-calls-barbarism-whatever-is-not-his-or-her-own-practice/)

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> [Who is only good that others may know it, and that he may be the better esteemed when 'tis known, who will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/who-is-only-good-that-others-may-know-it-and-that-he-may-be-the/)

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> [Business in a certain sort of men is a mark of understanding, and they are honored for it. Their souls seek repose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/business-in-a-certain-sort-of-men-is-a-mark-of-understanding-and-they/)

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> [We have more poets than judges and interpreters of poetry. It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/we-have-more-poets-than-judges-and-interpreters-of-poetry-it-is/)

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> [I would like to suggest that our minds are swamped by too much study and by too much matter just as plants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/i-would-like-to-suggest-that-our-minds-are-swamped-by-too-much-study/)

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> [We cannot do without it, and yet we disgrace and vilify the same. It may be compared to a cage, the birds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/we-cannot-do-without-it-and-yet-we-disgrace-and-vilify-the-same-it/)

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> [Most men are rich in borrowed sufficiency: a man may very well say a good thing, give a good answer, cite a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/most-men-are-rich-in-borrowed-sufficiency-a-man-may-very-well-say-a/)

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> [..a man may live long, yet live very little. Satisfaction in life depends not on the number of your years, but on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/a-man-may-live-long-yet-live-very-little-satisfaction-in-life-depends/)

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> [We cannot be held to what is beyond our strength and means; for at times the accomplishment and execution may not be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/we-cannot-be-held-to-what-is-beyond-our-strength-and-means-for-at/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-height-and-value-of-true-virtue-consists-in-the-facility-utility/)

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> [There is a certain consideration, and a general duty of humanity, that binds us not only to the animals, which have life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/there-is-a-certain-consideration-and-a-general-duty-of-humanity-that/)

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> [Whenever a new finding is reported to the world people say - It is probably not true. Later on, when the reliability…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/whenever-a-new-finding-is-reported-to-the-world-people-say-it-is/)

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> [Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. It is... opening a door that we may derive instruction from the example of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/courtesy-is-a-science-of-the-highest-importance-it-is-opening-a-door/)

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> [One may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us and whereto our passions transport us. But those which by long habit are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/one-may-disavow-and-disclaim-vices-that-surprise-us-and-whereto-our/)

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> [One may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us, and whereto our passions transport us; but those which by long habits are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/one-may-disavow-and-disclaim-vices-that-surprise-us-and-whereto-our-2/)

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> [Petty vexations may at times be petty, but still they are vexations. The smallest and most inconsiderable annoyances are the most piercing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/petty-vexations-may-at-times-be-petty-but-still-they-are-vexations/)

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> [One man may have some special knowledge at first-hand about the character of a river or a spring, who otherwise knows only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/one-man-may-have-some-special-knowledge-at-first-hand-about-the/)

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> [Whenever a new discovery is reported to the world, they say first, It is probably not true, Then after, when the truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/whenever-a-new-discovery-is-reported-to-the-world-they-say-first-it/)

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## Other authors on May

## 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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