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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
The world is...
The world is but a school of research. The question is not who shall hit the ring, but who shall run the best...
To philosophize is...
To philosophize is to doubt.
Source: 'Essays'
-- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne,...
I quote others...
I quote others in order to better express myself.
Source: In
There are some...
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
Source:
-- Michel Eyquem...
I want death...
I want death to find me planting my cabbages.
Source: ``To the Reader,'' in...
Poverty of goods...
Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.
Source: In...
Let us permit...
Let us permit nature to have her way; she understands her business better than we do.
Man is certainly...
Man is certainly stark mad. He cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by the...
The sciences and...
The sciences and arts are not cast in a mold, but formed and shaped little by little, by repeated handling and...
He who establishes...
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
A wise man...
A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
Source: In Webster's...
Dreams are the...
Dreams are the true interpreters of our inclinations; but there is art required to sort and understand...
Let us not...
Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
Source: Essays, bk. 3,...
It is good...
It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
Source: Essays, Bk....
Whether you find...
Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
The study of...
The study of books is a drowsy and feeble exercise which does not warm you up.
No one is...
No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the misfortune is to do it solemnly.
It is not...
It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice.
Source: In
Every abridgement of...
Every abridgement of a good book is a fool abridged.
Source: Essays, bk. 3, ch. 8,...
Experience has taught...
Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits,...