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title: "47 World Quotes By Michel de Montaigne"
description: "Michel de Montaigne on the world: dreams, travel, and inner reflection."
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> [The thing in the world I am most afraid of is fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-thing-in-the-world-i-am-most-afraid-of-is-fear/)

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> [The world is but a perpetual see-saw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-world-is-but-a-perpetual-see-saw/)

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> [On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/on-the-highest-throne-in-the-world-we-still-sit-only-on-our-own-bottom/)

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> [All the world knows me in my book, and my book in me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/all-the-world-knows-me-in-my-book-and-my-book-in-me/)

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> [The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-greater-part-of-the-world-s-troubles-are-due-to-questions-of/)

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> [A man must live in the world and make the best of it, such as it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/a-man-must-live-in-the-world-and-make-the-best-of-it-such-as-it-is/)

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> [The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-greatest-thing-in-the-world-is-to-know-how-to-belong-to-oneself/)

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> [I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/i-have-never-seen-a-greater-monster-or-miracle-in-the-world-than/)

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> [The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-world-is-all-a-carcass-and-vanity-the-shadow-of-a-shadow-a-play/)

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> [What of a truth that is bounded by these mountains and is falsehood to the world that lives beyond?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/what-of-a-truth-that-is-bounded-by-these-mountains-and-is-falsehood/)

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> [Why dost thou complain of this world? It detains thee not; thy own cowardice is the cause, if thou livest in pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/why-dost-thou-complain-of-this-world-it-detains-thee-not-thy-own/)

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> [There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains; the most universal quality is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/there-never-were-in-the-world-two-opinions-alike-no-more-than-two/)

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> [Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/love-to-his-soul-gave-eyes-he-knew-things-are-not-as-they-seem-the/)

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> [Our speech has its weaknesses and its defects, like all the rest. Most of the occasions for the troubles of the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/our-speech-has-its-weaknesses-and-its-defects-like-all-the-rest-most/)

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> [There are few men who dare to publish to the world the prayers they make to Almighty God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/there-are-few-men-who-dare-to-publish-to-the-world-the-prayers-they/)

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> [How many quarrels, and how important, has the doubt as to the meaning of this syllable "Hoc" produced for the world!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/how-many-quarrels-and-how-important-has-the-doubt-as-to-the-meaning/)

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> [Who does not see that I have taken a road along which I shall go, without stopping and without effort, as long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/who-does-not-see-that-i-have-taken-a-road-along-which-i-shall-go/)

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> [Women are not altogether in the wrong when they refuse the rules of life prescribed to the World, for men only have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/women-are-not-altogether-in-the-wrong-when-they-refuse-the-rules-of/)

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> [An honest man is not accountable for the vice and folly of his trade, and therefore ought not to refuse the exercise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/an-honest-man-is-not-accountable-for-the-vice-and-folly-of-his-trade/)

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> [Now, since everything else is furnished with the exact amount of needle and thread required to maintain its being, it is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/now-since-everything-else-is-furnished-with-the-exact-amount-of/)

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> [We must learn to endure what we cannot avoid. Our life is composed, like the harmony of the world, of contrary things,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/we-must-learn-to-endure-what-we-cannot-avoid-our-life-is-composed/)

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> [Some men seem remarkable to the world in whom neither their wives nor their valets saw anything extraordinary. Few men have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/some-men-seem-remarkable-to-the-world-in-whom-neither-their-wives-nor/)

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> [Every one is well or ill at ease, according as he finds himself! not he whom the world believes, but he who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/every-one-is-well-or-ill-at-ease-according-as-he-finds-himself-not-he/)

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> [Some impose upon the world that they believe that which they do not; others, more in number, make themselves believe that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/some-impose-upon-the-world-that-they-believe-that-which-they-do-not/)

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> [Traveling through the world produces a marvelous clarity in the judgment of men. We are all of us confined and enclosed within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/traveling-through-the-world-produces-a-marvelous-clarity-in-the/)

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> [Can anything be imagined so ridiculous that this miserable and wretched creature, who is not so much as master of himself, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/can-anything-be-imagined-so-ridiculous-that-this-miserable-and/)

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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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> [The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-worthiest-man-to-be-known-and-for-a-pattern-to-be-presented-to/)

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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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> [The world always looks straights ahead; as for me, I turn my gaze inward, I fix it there and keep it busy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-world-always-looks-straights-ahead-as-for-me-i-turn-my-gaze/)

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> [The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-way-of-the-world-is-to-make-laws-but-follow-custom/)

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> [All the opinions in the world point out that pleasure is our aim.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/all-the-opinions-in-the-world-point-out-that-pleasure-is-our-aim/)

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> [All opinions in the world agree in this, that pleasure is our end, although they differ as to the means of attaining…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/all-opinions-in-the-world-agree-in-this-that-pleasure-is-our-end/)

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> [As for extraordinary things, all the provision in the world would not suffice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/as-for-extraordinary-things-all-the-provision-in-the-world-would-not/)

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> [The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the great art of life is to have as many of them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-pleasantest-things-in-the-world-are-pleasant-thoughts-and-the/)

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> [As far as fidelity is concerned, there is no animal in the world as treacherous as man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/as-far-as-fidelity-is-concerned-there-is-no-animal-in-the-world-as/)

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> [The thing in the world I am most afraid of is fear, and with good reason; that passion alone, in the trouble…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-thing-in-the-world-i-am-most-afraid-of-is-fear-and-with-good/)

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> [The world is but a school of inquisition; it is not who shall enter the ring, but who shall run the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-world-is-but-a-school-of-inquisition-it-is-not-who-shall-enter/)

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> [The most regular and most perfect soul in the world has but too much to do to keep itself upright from being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-most-regular-and-most-perfect-soul-in-the-world-has-but-too-much/)

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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…](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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> [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/)

[Michel de Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-de-montaigne/)

> [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/)

[Michel de Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-de-montaigne/)

> [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/)

[Michel de Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-de-montaigne/)

> [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/)

[Michel de Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-de-montaigne/)

> [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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