How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables. – Michel de Montaigne
Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream. – Michel de Montaigne
Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out. – Michel de Montaigne
It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor. – Michel de Montaigne
If a man urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it was he, because it was myself. – Michel de Montaigne
The confidence in another man’s virtue is no light evidence of a man’s own, and God willingly favors such a confidence. – Michel de Montaigne
We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom. – Michel de Montaigne
Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self. – Michel de Montaigne
There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves. – Michel de Montaigne
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. – Michel de Montaigne
I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man’s estate. – Michel de Montaigne
The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them. – Michel de Montaigne
For truly it is to be noted, that children’s plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions. – Michel de Montaigne
If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I. – Michel de Montaigne
Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do. – Michel de Montaigne
If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I. – Michel de Montaigne
