Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorDeath does not concern you, neither alive nor dead: alive, because you are; dead, because you are no more.
Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorIt is necessary to lend oneself to others, but to give oneself only to oneself.
Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorI only quote others in order to express my thoughts better.
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 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 AuthorMy life has been full of terrible misfortunes, most of which never happened.
Rosa Montero
View AuthorWe all carry our potential downfall stuck to our heels.
Rosa Montero
View AuthorExistence is woven from a low-quality material that shrinks with use.
Montesquieu
View AuthorIt seems that our life increases when we can place it in the memory of others: It is a new life that we acquire and find precious.
Montesquieu
View AuthorThe breakdown of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
Montesquieu
View AuthorIn order to prevent the abuse of power, it is necessary for power to check power.