Maxioms by Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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.
The same reason that makes us chide and brawl and fall out with any of our neighbors, causeth a war read more
The same reason that makes us chide and brawl and fall out with any of our neighbors, causeth a war to follow between Princes.
Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice.
It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice.
