Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

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.

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.

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.