Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages. MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE CriminalDangerousEducationalGentleLeaveLibeertOneStrict
We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany. MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE ChristianityNativePerigoldTitle
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened. MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE BeenFullnever
Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience. MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE HonorRather
A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them. MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE BentMerelyOarSeThemThing
It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity. MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE MindedMostNoteSeenShould
In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you. MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE KnowLifetimeMuchNineYou
