Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorWe care more that people talk about us than how they talk about us.
Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorEven if I could make myself fearsome, I would prefer to make myself kind.
Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorThere is no present: what we call so is just the point of union between the future and the past.
Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorScience is a scepter in certain hands, while in others it is only a plaything.
Michel de Montaigne
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Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorEvery honorable person would rather lose honor than lose conscience.
Michel de Montaigne
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Alessandro Pertini
View AuthorFrom smokers we can learn tolerance. I still don't know a single one who has complained about non-smokers.
Fernando Pessoa
View AuthorLove how love loves. I don't know any other reason to love than to love you. What do you want me to tell you besides that I love you, if what I want to tell you is that I love you?
Fernando Pessoa
View AuthorWe never love anyone: we only love the idea we have of someone. What we love is our own concept, that is, ourselves.
Fernando Pessoa
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Fernando Pessoa
View AuthorThe world belongs to those who are born to conquer it, not to those who dream they can conquer it.