Michel De Montaigne Quotes

Michel De Montaigne Quotes

Michel De Montaigne Quotes

Consider the following quotes by Michel De Montaigne:

Michel de Montaigne
"He who establishes his argument by noise and command, shows that his reason is weak."

"I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly."

"He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying."

"I will follow the right side even to the fire, but excluding the fire if I can."

"I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself."

"Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved."

"A man of understanding has lost nothing, if he has himself."

"Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom."

"Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be."

"Even on the highest throne in the world, we are still sitting on our ass."

"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself."

"So it is with minds"

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