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- Montaigne simply turns his mind loose and writes whatever he feels like writing. Mostly, he wants to say that reason is not… — Lewis Thomas
- According to Montaigne, it was the oppressive notion that we had complete mental control over our bodies, and the horror of departing… — Alain de Botton
- The manner in which Epictetus, Montaigne, and Salomon de Tultie wrote, is the most usual, the most suggestive, the most remembered, and… — Blaise Pascal
- Quotations are powerful tools. Michel de Montaigne, the father of all essayists, observed, 'I quote others only to better express myself.' Intrepid… — Richard Lederer
- I'm quite influenced in this by one of my heroes, Montaigne, who thought a man's real task was to render as honest… — Robert Sheckley
- Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch, which ought to be applied as sparingly as possible.… — E. M. Forster
- This book of Montaigne the world has endorsed by translating it into all tongues. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make to them; a man may… — Barbara Taylor Bradford
- I thought of the words of the Renaissance philosopher Michel de Montaigne. "If you press me to say why I loved him,… — Josh Lanyon
- Religion is not a matter of God, church, holy cause, etc. These are but accessories. The source of religious preoccupation is in… — Eric Hoffer