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
Lay a beam between these two towers of such width as we need to walk on: there is no philosophical wisdom of… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains; the most universal quality is… — 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
No two men ever judged alike of the same thing, and it is impossible to find two opinions exactly similar, not only… — 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
Glory consists of two parts: the one in setting too great a value upon ourselves, and the other in setting too little… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Books are pleasant, but if by being over-studious we impair our health and spoil our good humour, two of the best things… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Pride and curiosity are the two scourges of our souls. The latter prompts us to poke our noses into everything, and the… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
It is not a mind, it is not a body that we educate, but it is a man, and we must not… — 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
