Michel De Montaigne

Quotes

• “There is indeed a certain sense of gratification when we do a good deed that gives us inward satisfaction, and a generou...”
• “Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and al...”
• “Though the ancient poet in Plutarch tells us we must not trouble the gods with our affairs because they take no heed of ...”
• “The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in lif...”
• “The least strained and most natural ways of the soul are the most beautiful; the best occupations are the least forced.”
• “I listen with attention to the judgment of all men;but so far as I can remember,I have followed none but my own.”
• “If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.”
• “Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity.”
• “There were many terrible things in my life and most of them never happened.”
• “I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.”
• “The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.”