“I don’t think I’m an exceptionally bad reader. I suspect that many people, maybe even most, are like me. We read and… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
“Michel de Montaigne noted four centuries ago: “My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.” — William Ury Copy Share Image
“Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it. —Michel de Montaigne John Ling. Fallen Angel… — John Ling Copy Share Image
“As Michel de Montaigne observed, "The least strained and most natural ways of the soul are the most beautiful; the best occupations… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Quotations are powerful tools. Michel de Montaigne, the father of all essayists, observed, 'I quote others only to better express myself.' Intrepid… — Richard Lederer Copy Share Image
“The finest thing in the world is knowing how to belong to oneself. Michel de Montaigne” — Laurie Stevens 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
“Which philosophers would Alain suggest for practical living? Alain’s list overlaps nearly 100% with my own: Epicurus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Michel… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“In the year of Christ 1571, at the age of thirty-eight, on the last day of February, anniversary of his birth, Michel… — Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592 Copy Share Image
“For centuries censorship has created best sellers because, as Michel de Montaigne said, 'To forbid us anything is to make us have… — Margaret Bald Copy Share Image
“Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.” —Michel de Montaigne, February 28,1533–September 13, 1592” — Cindy Gerard Copy Share Image
One of my favorite writers is Michel de Montaigne. My wife gave me a beautiful 17th-century edition of Montaigne's essays translated by… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
I thought of the words of the Renaissance philosopher Michel de Montaigne. "If you press me to say why I loved him,… — Josh Lanyon Copy Share Image
“sixteenth-century philosopher Michel de Montaigne once wrote, “When I play with my cat, how do I know that she is not playing… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
