Michel de MontaigneThe corruption of the age is made up by the particular contribution of every individual man; some contribute treachery, others injustice, atheism, tyranny, avarice, cruelty, accor… ▶371Politics
Michel de MontaigneOh these foolish men! They could not create so much as a worm, but they create gods by the dozens.371Sadness
Michel de MontaigneEvery one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self.371HopeTime
Michel de MontaigneMarriage can be compared to a cage: birds outside it despair to enter, and birds within, to escape.373Truth
Michel de MontaigneA person is bound to lose when he talks about himself; if he belittles himself, he is believed; if he praises himself, he isn't believed.373Love
Michel de MontaigneThere is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life. ✨ Michel de Montaigne, Marvin Lowe… ▶362LifeLovePolitics
Michel de MontaigneOne must be a little foolish if one does not want to be even more stupid.362Politics
Michel de MontaigneI put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it. ✨ Michel de Mo… ▶362Truth
Michel de MontaigneHe who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak. ✨ Attributed to Essais by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.373Philosophy
Michel de MontaigneWhen I am attached by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (195… ▶351LifeReadingThought
Michel de MontaigneWisdom is a solid and entire building, of which every piece keeps its place and bears its mark. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (2016). Delphi Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne (I… ▶352Philosophy
Michel de MontaigneSince we cannot attain unto it, let us revenge ourselves by railing at it; and yet it is not absolutely railing against anything, to proclaim its defects, because they are in all … ▶374Politics
Michel de MontaigneMan (in good earnest) is a marvellous vain, fickle, and unstable subject, and on whom it is very hard to form any certain and uniform judgment. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (2013).… ▶363Philosophy
Michel de MontaigneThis notion [skepticism] is more clearly understood by asking What do I know?363Love
Michel de MontaigneMiracles arise from our ignorance of nature, not from nature itself. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1956). Autobiography: Comprising the Life of the Wisest Man of His Times ...341LifeTime
Michel de MontaigneWhy did I love her? Because it was her; because it was me.363Love
Michel de MontaigneIt is in vain that we get upon stilts, for once on them, it is still with our legs that we must walk. And on the highest throne in the world we are still sitting on our own ass.375Time
Michel de MontaigneAll I say is by way of discourse, and nothing by way of advice. I should not speak so boldly if it were my due to be believed. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (2009). Essays, p.1603, … ▶375Politics
Michel de MontaigneMy art and profession is to live. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1967). The Essays of Montaigne331Humanity
Michel de MontaigneLife in itself is neither good nor evil, it is the place of good and evil, according to what you make it.364Life
Michel de MontaigneI care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing. ✨ Attributed to Essais by Michel de Montaigne, Book II, Ch. 16… ▶353Reading
Michel de MontaigneI have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself. ✨ Michel de Montaigne, George Savile Marquis of Halifax (1743). Montaigne's Essays in Three Books: W… ▶331LifeReading
Michel de MontaigneThe value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will. 331LifeReadingTruth
Michel de MontaigneOur great and glorious masterpiece is to live appropriately. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1958). Complete Essays, p.14, Stanford University Press331Death
Michel de MontaigneIntoxication is calculated to put heart into the elderly and give them delight in dancing. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1946). The essays343Love
Michel de MontaigneOne should always have one's boots on and be ready to leave. ✨ 'Essais' (1580) bk. 1, ch. 20.376Reading
Michel de MontaigneThere is no desire more natural than the desire of knowledge. (Il n'est desir plus naturel que le desir de connaissance)376Philosophy
Michel de MontaigneScratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and nearest at hand. ✨ The Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany … ▶354Humor
Michel de MontaigneDon't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved. ✨ Attributed to Essais by Michel … ▶332Reading
Michel de MontaigneWe need to interpret interpretations more than to interpret things.376Love
