Michel de Montaigne Quotes

The best marriage would be one that brought together a blind wife with a deaf husband.

Every virtue only needs one man; but friendship needs two.

The wrinkles of the spirit make us older than those of the face.

To judge great and noble things, it is necessary to possess a soul equally great and noble.

True freedom consists of absolute self-mastery.

Trust in the goodness of others is no small testimony to one's own goodness.

The wise man is not so in all things.

Solitude: A moment of fulfillment.

To forbid something is to awaken desire.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

A hundred times a day we mock our own faults by criticizing them in others.

If it does not end the war, it is not a victory.