Michel De Montaigne: Trending quotes
Michel De Montaigne trending quotes. Read the latest quotes in collection“The most fruitful and natural exercise for our minds is, in my opinion, conversation.”
Source: The Essays: A Selection
“Every man has within himself the entire human condition”
Michel De Montaigne book Essays
Book III, Ch. 2
Essais (1595), Book III
Variant: Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
Book III, Ch. 5
Attributed
Source: The Complete Essays
“Que sçais-je?" (What do I know?)”
Michel De Montaigne book Essays
The notion of skepticism is most clearly understood by asking this question.
Book II, Ch. 12
Essais (1595), Book II
Variant: What know I? (or What do I know?)
“Why do people respect the package rather than the man?”
Source: The Complete Essays
“No wind favors he who has no destined port.”
Book II, Ch. 1
Attributed
Variant: No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
Source: The Complete Essays
“I have seen no more evident monstrosity and miracle in the world than myself.”
Michel De Montaigne book Essays
Book III, Ch. 11
Essais (1595), Book III
“No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.”
Book III, Ch. 1
Attributed
Source: The Complete Essays
“There is as much difference between us and ourselves as between us and others.”
Michel De Montaigne book Essays
Book II (1580), Ch. 1
Essais (1595), Book II