Only he can judge of matters great and high whose soul is likewise. Michel de Montaigne More Quotes by Michel de Montaigne More Quotes From Michel de Montaigne My business is only to keep myself in motion, whilst motion pleases me; I only walk for the walk's sake. Michel de Montaigne please-mewalkssake I speak to the paper, as I speak to the first person I meet. Michel de Montaigne speakpaperfirsts Why do people respect the package rather than the man? Michel de Montaigne appearancemenpeople Our zeal works wonders, whenever it supports our inclination toward hatred, cruelty, ambition. Michel de Montaigne supporthatredambition Let every foot have its own shoe. Michel de Montaigne shoesfeet There were many terrible things in my life and most of them never happened. Michel de Montaigne happenedterriblelife Saying is one thing and doing is another Michel de Montaigne one-thingaction The continuous work of our life is to build death. Michel de Montaigne our-liveslife-is The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar. Michel de Montaigne problemtroubleworld I do not believe, from what I have been told about this people, that there is anything barbarous or savage about them, except that we all call barbarous anything that is contrary to our own habits. Michel de Montaigne tolerancebelievepeople It is putting a very high price on one's conjectures to have someone roasted alive on their account. Michel de Montaigne conjectureaccountsalive Natural inclinations are assisted and reinforced by education, but they are hardly ever altered or overcome. Michel de Montaigne alteredovercomingnatural There is indeed a certain sense of gratification when we do a good deed that gives us inward satisfaction, and a generous pride that accompanies a good conscience…These testimonies of a good conscience are pleasant; and such a natural pleasure is very beneficial to us; it is the only payment that can never fail. “On Repentance Michel de Montaigne inwardpridegiving There is no knowledge so hard to acquire as the knowledge of how to live this life well and naturally. Michel de Montaigne live-wellthis-lifewells Oh senseless man, who cannot possibly make a worm or a flea and yet will create Gods by the dozen! Michel de Montaigne godheartmen No wind favors he who has no destined port. Michel de Montaigne changeinspiringinspirational Our skin is provided as adequately as theirs with endurance against the assaults of the weather: witness so many nations who have not yet tried the use of any clothes. Our ancient Gauls wore hardly any clothes; nor do the Irish, our neighbors, under so cold a sky. Michel de Montaigne clothesskyweather For all parts of the body that we see fit to expose to the wind and air are found fit to endure it: face, feet, hands, legs, shoulders, head, according as custom invites us. For if there is a part of us that is tender and that seems as though it should fear the cold, it should be the stomach, where digestion takes place; our fathers left it uncovered, and our ladies, soft and delicate as they are, sometimes go half bare down to the navel. Michel de Montaigne airfeetfather Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them. Michel de Montaigne nurselovesports Habit is second nature. Michel de Montaigne habitnature
