Maxioms by Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice.
It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice.
Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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.
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.
