Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens.
Michel de MontaigneTags: humor madness superstition gods
Man (in good earnest) is a marvellous vain, fickle, and unstable subject, and on whom it is very hard to form any certain and uniform judgment.
Michel de MontaigneIf I am a man of some reading, I am a man of no retentiveness.
Michel de MontaigneTo compose our character is our duty, not to compose books, and to win, not battles and provinces, but order and tranquility in our conduct. Our great and glorious masterpiece is to live appropriately. All other things, ruling, hoarding, building, are only little appendages and props, at most.
Michel de MontaigneTags: character-development
When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.
Michel de MontaigneTags: books
There is no desire more natural than the desire of knowledge. (Il n'est desir plus naturel que le desir de connaissance)
Michel de MontaigneWe are all blockheads.
Michel de MontaigneThere is as much difference between us and ourselves as there is between us and others.
Michel de MontaigneThere is no more expensive thing than a free gift.
Michel de MontaigneThe most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.
Michel de MontaigneTags: joy
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