Michel de Montaigne Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.”

“If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.”

“I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.”

“There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.”

“Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one's own goodness.”

“There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.”

“My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.”

“In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum.”

“If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.”

“I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.”