Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.