There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThere is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIt should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThe beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEHe who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEEvery man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThere is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEHe who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEWit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThe confidence in another man’s virtue is no light evidence of a man’s own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEAny person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEI prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEDeath, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEI have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEOf all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEI quote others only in order the better to express myself.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThere is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE