Montaigne

Famous quotes containing the word montaigne:

“There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

“There is nothing like arousing appetite and affection; otherwise all you make out of them is asses loaded with books.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

“It makes me hate accepting things that are probable when they are held up before me as infallibly true. I prefer these words which tone down and modify the hastiness of our propositions: “Perhaps, In some sort, Some, They say, I think,” and the like.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)