“In the year of Christ 1571, at the age of thirty-eight, on the last day of February, anniversary of his birth, Michel de Montaigne, lon weary of the servitude of the court and of public employments, while still entire, retired… — Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592 Copy Share Image
“Life in itself is neither good or evil. It is the place of good and evil, according to what you make it.” — Michel De Montaigne (1533-1592 Copy Share
“I would rather be an authority on myself than on Cicero.” — Michel De Montaigne (1533-1592 Copy Share
“We should be simiarly wary of acceping common opinions; we should judge them by the ways of reason not by popular vote” — Michel De Montaigne (1533-1592 Copy Share
“Sorry the man, to my mind, who has not in his own home a place to be all by himself, to pay his court… — Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592 Copy Share
“In the year of Christ 1571, at the age of thirty-eight, on the last day of February, anniversary of his birth, Michel de Montaigne,… — Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592 Copy Share
![“In the year of Christ 1571, at the age of thirty-eight, on the last day of February, anniversary of his birth, Michel de Montaigne, lon weary of the servitude of the court and of public employments, while still entire, retired to the bosom of the learned Virgins [Muses], where in calm and freedom…” quote by Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d65/michel-de-montaigne-1533-1592_last-day_in-the-year-of-christ-1571-at-the-age-of_2359194.jpg)