Michel De Montaigne Quotes

"I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life."

"I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly."

"No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear."

"Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages."

"If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love."