Montaigne

Famous quotes containing the word montaigne:

“The ceaseless labor of your life is to build the house of death.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

“I go out of my way, but rather by license than carelessness.... It is the inattentive reader
who loses my subject, not I. Some word about it will always be found off in a corner, which will not fail to be sufficient, though it takes little room.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

“It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)