“There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.”
Family
“Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.”
BestAll Quotes by Michel de Montaigne
“Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.”
Best“The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.”
Courage“There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.”
Fear“It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.”
Death“If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.”
Friendship“Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.”
Business“I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind - and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.”
Work“There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.”
Alone“The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.”
God“The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.”
Wisdom“No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.”
Communication“For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.”
Sports“If you don't know how to die, don't worry Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you don't bother your head about it.”
Nature“Marriage is like a cage one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.”
Marriage“My trade and art is to live.”
Art“It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.”
Strength“The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.”
Death“If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.”
Love“There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.”
Failure