Montaigne

Famous quotes containing the word montaigne:

“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)

“Socrates was asked where he was from. He replied not “Athens,” but “The world.””
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

“I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)