Michel Montaigne

Quotes by Michel Montaigne

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Author, philosopher, and statesman · French · 1533–1592

French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)

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Popular Quotes

“Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.”

“There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.”

“To make a crooked stick straight we bend it the contrary way.”

“To make a crooked stick straight we bend it the contrary way.”

“No one is exempt from talking nonsense the misfortune is to do it solemnly.”

“No one is exempt from talking nonsense the misfortune is to do it solemnly.”

Common Themes

law nonsense reform sport belief family victory

“Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.”
— Michel Montaigne
belief

“There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.”
— Michel Montaigne
family

“There is no man so good who were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.”
— Michel Montaigne
law

“No one is exempt from talking nonsense the misfortune is to do it solemnly.”
— Michel Montaigne
nonsense

“To make a crooked stick straight we bend it the contrary way.”
— Michel Montaigne
reform

“When I play with my cat who knows whether I do not make her more sport than she makes me?”
— Michel Montaigne
sport

“There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.”
— Michel Montaigne
victory

“There is no man so good who were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.”
— Michel Montaigne
law

“No one is exempt from talking nonsense the misfortune is to do it solemnly.”
— Michel Montaigne
nonsense

“To make a crooked stick straight we bend it the contrary way.”
— Michel Montaigne
reform

“When I play with my cat who knows whether I do not make her more sport than she makes me?”
— Michel Montaigne
sport