No man is exempt from saying silly things the mischief is to say them deliberately.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Michel de Montaigne
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in th…
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Michel de Montaigne
So it is with minds. Unless you keep the…
So it is with minds. Unless you keep them busy with some definite subject that will bridle and control them, they throw themselves in disorder hither and yon in the vague field of imagination. ..And there is no mad or idle fancy that they do no bring forth in the agitation.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Michel de Montaigne
The art of dining well is no slight art,…
The art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure not a slight pleasure.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Michel de Montaigne
The greatest thing in the world is to kn…
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Michel de Montaigne
The most profound joy has more of gravit…
The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Michel de Montaigne
There are some defeats more triumphant t…
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Michel de Montaigne
There is no conversation more boring tha…
There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Michel de Montaigne
When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, n…
When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Michel de Montaigne