Michel Eyquem de Montaigne Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

11 Famous Quotes by Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
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“The memory represents to us not what we choose but what it pleases.”
Memory Quotes
“The same reason that makes us chide and brawl and fall out with any of our neighbors, causeth a war to follow between Princes.”
Quarrels Quotes
“Of all the benefits which virtue confers on us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.”
Virtue Quotes
“There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.”
Virtue Quotes
“It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice.”
Abundance Quotes
“He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.”
Argument Quotes
“Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.”
Beliefs Quotes
“Once you have decided to keep a certain pile, it is no longer yours; for you can't spend it.”
Possessions Quotes
“All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it quietly.”
Quiet Quotes
“Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.”
Satisfaction Quotes
“Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.”
Shame Quotes
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