Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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.

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.

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.

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.