Author: Michel de Montaigne

Quotes

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

- Michel de Montaigne

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

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

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

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

- 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

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

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

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