Montaigne

Famous quotes containing the word montaigne:

    All opinions in the world agree in this, that pleasure is our end, although they differ as to the means of attaining it.
    —Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

    I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
    —Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

    The mind that has no fixed goal loses itself; for, as they say, to be everywhere is to be nowhere.
    —Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)