Montaigne

Famous quotes containing the word montaigne:

“Have you known how to take rest? You have done more than he who hath taken empires and cities.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

“If you press me to tell why I loved [my friend], I feel that this cannot be expressed, except by answering: Because it was he, because it was I.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

“Truly it is reasonable to make a great distinction between the faults that come from our weakness and those that come from our wickedness.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)