Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNERejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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 MONTAIGNEAn untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNELet us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEEvery one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEMy life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNENot being able to govern events, I govern myself.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIt is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIf a man urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it was he, because it was myself.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEWhen I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIt is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEFew men have been admired of their familiars.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEWe are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThe soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEI 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 MONTAIGNEIf you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE