We commend a horse for his strength, and sureness of foot, and not for his rich caparisons; a greyhound for his share… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use; some men have lived long, and lived little; attend to… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
It is equally pointless to weep because we won't be alive a hundred years from now as that we were not here… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I do not portray the thing in itself. I portray the passage; not a passing from one age to another, or, as… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
In his commerce with men I mean him to include- and that principally- those who live only in the memory of books.… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
..a man may live long, yet live very little. Satisfaction in life depends not on the number of your years, but on… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Make use of life while you have it. Whether you have lived enough depends upon yourself, not on the number of your… — 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
