Michel Eyquem de Montaigne Quotes

"Habit is second nature."

"It is an excellent means of gaining the heart of others to submit and trust in it"

"I have never seen a greater monster or miracle than myself."

"The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it."

"It is a common seen by experience that excellent memories do often accompany weak judgments."

"We need very strong ears to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure frank criticism without being stung by it, those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act of friendship, for to undertake to wound or offend a man for his own good is to have a healthy love for him."

"We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom."

"It would be better to have no laws at all, than to have too many."

"It should be noted that children's games are not merely games. One should regard them as their most serious activities."

"He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying."

"The word is half his that speaks, and half his that hears it."

"A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can."

"We cannot do without it, and yet we disgrace and vilify the same. It may be compared to a cage, the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair to get out."

"He who has not a good memory should never take upon himself the trade of lying."

"The memory represents to us not what we choose but what it pleases."

"There are few men who dare to publish to the world the prayers they make to Almighty God."

"The great and glorious masterpiece of man is how to live with purpose."

"I quote others in order to better express myself."

"I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of."

"In nine lifetimes, you'll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you."