When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss; his…

Michel de Montaigne
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When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss; his accusations of himself are always believed; his praises never. ✨ Michel de Montaigne Annotated Essays of Michel de Montaigne with English Grammar Exercises: by Michel de Montaigne (Author), Robert Powell (Editor), Powell Publications, LLC
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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 around him is the dream. ✨ Attributed to Essais by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.
Things seem greater by imagination than they are in effect. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (2015). Essays of Montaigne, p.1305, Xist Publishing
A hair shirt does not always render those chaste who wear it. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (2016). Delphi Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne (Illustrated), p.970, Delphi Classics
Getting married is very much like going to a restaurant with friends. You order what you want then when you see what the other person has, you wish you had ordered that.
Nobody is exempt from saying stupid things, the harm is to do it presumptuously.

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