Quotessence
Home / Books / The Autobiography of Michel de Montaigne: Comprising the Life of the Wisest Man of His Times : His Childhood, Youth, and Prime : His Adventures in Love and Marriage, at Court, and in Office, War, Revolution, and Plague : His Travels at Home and Abroad : His Habits, Tastes, Whims, and Opinions

The Autobiography of Michel de Montaigne: Comprising the Life of the Wisest Man of His Times : His Childhood, Youth, and Prime : His Adventures in Love and Marriage, at Court, and in Office, War, Revolution, and Plague : His Travels at Home and Abroad : His Habits, Tastes, Whims, and Opinions

Book by Michel de Montaigne · 12 quotes · Men, Book, Acceptance

Filter quotes by topic

The Autobiography of Michel de Montaigne: Comprising the Life of the Wisest Man of His Times : His Childhood, Youth, and Prime : His Adventures in Love and Marriage, at Court, and in Office, War, Revolution, and Plague : His Travels at Home and Abroad : His Habits, Tastes, Whims, and Opinions Quotes

“A man must live in the world and make the best of it, such as it is.”

“The study of books is a drowsy and feeble exercise which does not warm you up.”

“What kind of truth is this which is true on one side of a mountain and false on the other?”

“I have seen people rude by being over-polite.”

“My trade and art is to live.”

“In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum.”

“There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.”

“Taking it all in all, I find it is more trouble to watch after money than to get it.”

“I see men ordinarily more eager to discover a reason for things than to find out whether the things are so.”

“Give me the provisions and whole apparatus of a kitchen, and I would starve.”

“A woman is no sooner ours than we are no longer hers.”

“Once you have decided to keep a certain pile, it is no longer yours; for you can't spend it.”