Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way. Michel de Montaigne Read Quote
How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables. Michel de Montaigne Read Quote
It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength. Michel de Montaigne Read Quote
There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees. Michel de Montaigne Read Quote
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love. Michel de Montaigne Read Quote
There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to. Michel de Montaigne Read Quote
It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity. Michel de Montaigne Read Quote