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Michel de Montaigne Quotes and Quotations
 There is no passion so much transports the sincerity of judgement as doth anger. - Michel de Montaigne | Anger Quotes  The Ancient Mariner said to Neptune during a great storm, 'O God, you will save me if you wish, but I am going to go on holding my tiller straight.' - Michel de Montaigne | Courage and Bravery Quotes One should be ever booted and spurred and ready to depart. - Michel de Montaigne | Death and Dying Quotes All the fame I look for in life is to have lived it quietly. - Michel de Montaigne | Fame and Celebrities Quotes If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than it was because he was he, and I was 1. - Michel de Montaigne | Friends and Friendship Quotes 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. - Michel de Montaigne | Goodness and Giving Quotes Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul. - Michel de Montaigne | Indifference and Apathy Quotes Whatever is enforced by command is more imputed to him who exacts than to him who performs. - Michel de Montaigne | Law and Lawyers Quotes No doctor takes pleasure in the health even of his friends. - Michel de Montaigne | Medicine and Sickness Quotes It is commonly seen by experience that excellent memories do often accompany weak judgements. - Michel de Montaigne | Memory Quotes The beauty of stature is the only beauty of men. - Michel de Montaigne | Men Quotes No man is so exquisitely honest or upright in living but that ten times in his life he might not lawfully be hanged. - Michel de Montaigne | Morality and Ethics Quotes There never were two opinions alike in all the world, no more than two hours or two grains: the most universal quality is diversity. - Michel de Montaigne | Opinion Quotes There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method and discipline. - Michel de Montaigne | Order and Organization Quotes Philosophy is doubt. - Michel de Montaigne | Philosophy Quotes There are few men who dare to publish to the world the prayers they make to Almighty God. - Michel de Montaigne | Prayer Quotes I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself. - Michel de Montaigne | Self and Self-Knowledge Quotes I speak the truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little more, as I grow older. - Michel de Montaigne | Truth Quotes When I religiously confess myself to myself, I find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice. - Michel de Montaigne | Vice Quotes A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can. - Michel de Montaigne | Wisdom Quotes The word is half his that speaks, and half his that hears it. - Michel de Montaigne | Words and Language Quotes I quote others in order to better express my own self. - Michel de Montaigne | Writers and Writing Quotes The clearest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness. - Michel de Montaigne | Cheerfulness Quotes A man must live in the world and make the best of it, such as it is. - Michel de Montaigne | Acceptance Quotes Greatness of soul consists not so much in soaring high and in pressing forward, as in knowing how to adapt and limit oneself. - Michel de Montaigne | Acceptance Quotes We are all of us richer than we think we are. - Michel de Montaigne | Forgiveness Quotes Diogenes was asked what wine he liked best, and he answered, "Somebody else's." - Michel de Montaigne | Other Side Quotes He who does not live in some degree for others, hardly lives for himself. - Michel de Montaigne | Helping Other People Quotes If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I. - Michel de Montaigne | Friendship Quotes The Ancient Mariner said to Neptune during a great storm, "O God, you will save me if you wish, but I am going to go on holding my tiller straight." - Michel de Montaigne | Prayer Quotes I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing. - Michel de Montaigne | Self-Acceptance Quotes Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. - Michel de Montaigne | Self-Acceptance Quotes Not being able to govern events, I govern myself. - Michel de Montaigne | Self-Control Quotes The Ancient Mariner said to Neptune during a great storm, "O God, you will save me if you wish, but I am going to go on holding my tiller straight." - Michel de Montaigne | Self-Reliance Quotes The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them; a man may live long yet live very little. - Michel de Montaigne | One Day Quotes We undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health. - Michel de Montaigne | Difficult Days Quotes He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears. - Michel de Montaigne | Positive Quotes Oh, what a valiant faculty is hope. - Michel de Montaigne | Hope Quotes Obstinacy and heat in sticking to one's opinions is the surest proof of stupidity. Is there anything so cocksure, so immovable, so disdainful, so contemplative, so solemn and serious as an ass? - Michel de Montaigne | Creating Positive Change Quotes The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be one's own self - Michel de Montaigne | Right Quotes Fear, desire, hope still push us on toward the future. - Michel de Montaigne | Motivation Quotes There is no greater enemy to those who would please than expectation. - Michel de Montaigne | Realistic Expectations Quotes The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose. - Michel de Montaigne | Goals Quotes The soul that has no established aim loses itself. - Michel de Montaigne | Goals Quotes The great and glorious masterpiece of man is how to live with a purpose. - Michel de Montaigne | Goals Quotes No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port. - Michel de Montaigne | Goals Quotes The thing I fear most is fear. - Michel de Montaigne | Fear Quotes He who fears he shall suffer already suffers what he fears. - Michel de Montaigne | Anxiety about the Future Quotes My life has been full of terrible misfortunes, most of which never happened. - Michel de Montaigne | Worry Quotes Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul. - Michel de Montaigne | Courage Quotes Cowardice is the mother of cruelty. - Michel de Montaigne | Courage Quotes Desire and hope will push us on toward the future. - Michel de Montaigne | No pressure, no diamonds. Quotes There are defeats more triumphant than victories. - Michel de Montaigne | Failures and Mistakes Quotes I walk firmer and more secure up hill than down. - Michel de Montaigne | Worthy Victories Quotes Riches, like glory or health, have no more beauty or pleasure than their possessor is pleased to lend them. - Michel de Montaigne | Events Quotes Riches, like glory or health, have no more beauty or pleasure than their possessor is pleased to lend them. - Michel de Montaigne | Events Quotes The highest wisdom is continual cheerfulness; such a state, like the region above the moon, is always clear and serene. - Michel de Montaigne | Lighten up Quotes A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. - Michel de Montaigne | Love and Marriage Quotes Fear, desire, hope still push us on toward the future. - Michel de Montaigne | Motivational Quotes A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. - Michel de Montaigne | Funny Quotes Fear, desire, hope still push us on toward the future. - Michel de Montaigne | Motivational Quotes A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. - Michel de Montaigne | Funny Quotes Fear, desire, hope still push us on toward the future. - Michel de Montaigne | Motivational Quotes A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. - Michel de Montaigne | Funny Quotes Fear, desire, hope still push us on toward the future. - Michel de Montaigne | Motivational Quotes A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. - Michel de Montaigne | Funny Quotes Fear, desire, hope still push us on toward the future. - Michel de Montaigne | Motivational Quotes A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. - Michel de Montaigne | Funny Quotes Fear, desire, hope still push us on toward the future. - Michel de Montaigne | Motivational Quotes A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. - Michel de Montaigne | Funny Quotes Fear, desire, hope still push us on toward the future. - Michel de Montaigne | Motivational Quotes A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. - Michel de Montaigne | Funny Quotes Fear, desire, hope still push us on toward the future. - Michel de Montaigne | Motivational Quotes A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. - Michel de Montaigne | Funny Quotes 
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