Montaigne

Famous quotes containing the word montaigne:

“We are nothing but ceremony; ceremony carries us away, and we leave the substance of things; we hang on to the branches and abandon the trunk and body.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

“There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

“The worst condition of humans is when they lose knowledge and control of themselves.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)