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Famous Michel de Montaigne Quotes
“I am one of those who hold that poetry is never so blithe as in a wanton and irregular subject.”
“Fie on the eloquence that leaves us craving itself, not things!”
“Only the fools are certain and assured.”
“We should spread joy, but, as far as we can, repress sorrow.”
“There is no doubt that Greek and Latin are great and handsome ornaments, but we buy them too dear.”
“Almost all the opinions we have are taken on authority and on credit.”
“To philosophize is to learn to die.”
“As for me, then, I love life and cultivate it just as God has been pleased to grant it to us.”
“If I can, I shall keep my death from saying anything that my life has not already said.”
“The worst condition of humans is when they lose knowledge and control of themselves.”
“If I were of the trade, I should naturalize art as much as they "artialize" nature.”
“This very Rome that we behold deserves our love ...: the only common and universal city.”