Quotes by : Michel de Montaigne

The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.

Tis no wonder, says one of the ancients, that chance has so great a dominion over us, since it is by....

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Les naturels sanguinaires à l'endroit des bestes, tesmoignent une propension naturelle à la cruauté.....

J'accuse toute violence en l'education d'une ame tendre, qu'on dresse pour l'honneur, et la liberté.....

Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.

There were many terrible things in my life and most of them never happened.

The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose.

Certainly, if he still has himself, a man of understanding has lost nothing.

I enjoy books as misers enjoy treasures, because I know I can enjoy them whenever I please.