Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

Once you have decided to keep a certain pile, it is no longer yours; for you can't spend it.

Once you have decided to keep a certain pile, it is no longer yours; for you can't spend it.

It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice.

It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice.

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.

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.

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.