Quotes By Michel de Montaigne

• Work

  I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind -...

• Wisdom

  The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

• Truth

  I put forward formless and unresolved notions as do those who publish...

• Truth

  I speak the truth not so much as I would but as much as I dare and I dare a...

• Strength

  It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content or of weariness....

• Sports

  For truly it is to be noted that children's plays are not sports and should...

• Nature

  Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the...

• Nature

  If you don't know how to die don't worry Nature will tell you what to do on...

• Marriage

  Marriage a market which has nothing free but the entrance.

• Marriage

  Marriage is like a cage one sees the birds outside desperate to get in and...