If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love. Michel de Montaigne on friendship
Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self. Michel de Montaigne on future
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 on god
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. Michel de Montaigne on good
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love. Michel de Montaigne on good
There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state. Michel de Montaigne on government
It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others. Michel de Montaigne on intelligence
We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom. Michel de Montaigne on knowledge
There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge. Michel de Montaigne on knowledge
Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them. Michel de Montaigne on learning
The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will. Michel de Montaigne on life
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 on love
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love. Michel de Montaigne on love
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. Michel de Montaigne on marriage
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love. Michel de Montaigne on marriage
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 on marriage
Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance. Michel de Montaigne on marriage
If you don't know how to die, don't worry Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you don't bother your head about it. Michel de Montaigne on nature
Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies. Michel de Montaigne on nature