Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorWe are very concerned with being good people according to God's law; we would not know how to be so according to ourselves.
Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorThe curiosity to know things has been given to men as a punishment
Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorOur desire despises and abandons what we have in order to chase after what we do not have.
Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorLife is not in itself neither good nor bad, but the place of good or bad, depending on whether man practices one or the other.
Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorThe one who, while angry, imposes a punishment, does not correct, but seeks revenge.
Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorNobody fares badly for a long time without being at fault themselves.
Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorMy life has been full of terrible misfortunes, most of which never happened.
Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorI reject all violence in the education of a tender soul being trained for honor and freedom.
Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorNo man is so good that, when exposed to the actions of the law, he would not be condemned to the gallows at least ten times.
Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorWhen they contradict me, they awaken my attention, not my anger; I offer myself to those who contradict me, for they instruct me. The cause of truth should be the common cause of both.
Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorThe most fruitful and natural exercise of our spirit, in my opinion, is conversation. I find its practice sweeter than any other activity in our life.
Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorWho knows oneself, also knows others, because every man carries the entire form of the human condition.