I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEI do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThere is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEFew men have been admired of their familiars.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEConfidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNELet us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEShe will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThe public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIt is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEOne may be humble out of pride.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNENo wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNELove to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEAn untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIn nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEI do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEHe who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEFor truly it is to be noted, that children’s plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE