Montaigne

Famous quotes containing the word montaigne:

“My art and profession is to live.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

“I seek in books only to give myself pleasure by honest amusement; or if I study, I seek only the learning that treats of the knowledge of myself and instructs me in how to die well and live well.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

“He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)