Author: Michel de Montaigne

Quotes

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

- Michel de Montaigne

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

- Michel de Montaigne

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

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

- Michel de Montaigne

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

- Michel de Montaigne

We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.

We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.

- Michel de Montaigne

Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.

Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.

- Michel de Montaigne

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

- Michel de Montaigne

The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.

The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.

- Michel de Montaigne

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

- Michel de Montaigne

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