Michel De Montaigne Quotes

Biography: Michel de Montaigne is renowned for popularizing the essay as a litera... more Biography: Michel de Montaigne is renowned for popularizing the essay as a literary form. Born in France in 1533, Montaigne's introspective and personal style revolutionized philosophical writing. His major work, "Essays," reflects on human nature, society, and personal identity, blending skepticism with wit. less

"We are richer than we think, each one of us""To know how to live is my trade and my art""The clatter of arms drowns the voice of law""If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I""I speak the truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older""I study myself more than any other subject, that is my metaphysics, that is my physics""I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself""Our religion is made to eradicate vices, instead it encourages them, covers them, and nurtures them""The art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure not a slight pleasure""My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened""Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom""The clearest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness""The eternal and universal truth is love""The most certain sign of wisdom is happiness""A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can""I quote others only in order the better to express myself.""The plague of man is boasting of his knowledge.""I speak the truth, not as much as I would, but as much as I dare.""A straight oar looks bent in the water.""The only thing certain is nothing is certain."

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