The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom. Michel de Montaigne More Quotes by Michel de Montaigne More Quotes From Michel de Montaigne It takes so much to be a king that he exists only as such. That extraneous glare that surrounds him hides him and conceals him from us; our sight breaks and is dissipated by it being filled and arrested by this strong light. Michel de Montaigne lightstrongkings To philosophize is to doubt. Michel de Montaigne doubt There is no passion so contagious as that of fear. Michel de Montaigne passionfearworry I find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice. Michel de Montaigne virtuevices The man who thinks he knows does not yet know what knowing is Michel de Montaigne knowingmenthinking Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible. Michel de Montaigne povertysoulattitude For truth itself does not have the privilege to be employed at any time and in every way; its use, noble as it is, has its circumscriptions and limits. Michel de Montaigne truthdoetime The utility of living consists not in the length of days, but in the use of time; a man may have lived long, and yet lived but a little. Michel de Montaigne usemenlong No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port. Michel de Montaigne decisionjourneywind A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself. Michel de Montaigne wisdomwiseloss Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance. Michel de Montaigne marriagewittyfunny "Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation." -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 I. Michel de Montaigne companionshipconversationlove And one might therefore say of me that in this book I have only made up a bunch of other people's flowers, and that of my own I have only provided the string that ties them together. Michel de Montaigne tiesflowerbook We are born to inquire into truth; it belongs to a greater to possess it Michel de Montaigne borngreater Only he can judge of matters great and high whose soul is likewise. Michel de Montaigne souljudgingmatter It is equally pointless to weep because we won't be alive a hundred years from now as that we were not here a hundred years ago. Michel de Montaigne alivedeathyears My appetite comes to me while eating. Michel de Montaigne appetiteeating It would be better to have no laws at all, than to have too many. Michel de Montaigne lawmotivationalinspirational Not because Socrates said so, but because it is in truth my own disposition — and perchance to some excess — I look upon all men as my compatriots, and embrace a Pole as a Frenchman, making less account of the national than of the universal and common bond. Michel de Montaigne excessmenlooks God defend me from being an honest man according to the description which every day I see made by each man to his own glorification Michel de Montaigne honestymademen
