Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

Of all the benefits which virtue confers on us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.

Of all the benefits which virtue confers on us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.

Once you have decided to keep a certain pile, it is no longer yours; for you can't spend it.

Once you have decided to keep a certain pile, it is no longer yours; for you can't spend it.

Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.

Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.

All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it quietly.

All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it quietly.

The memory represents to us not what we choose but what it pleases.

The memory represents to us not what we choose but what it pleases.