Montaigne, Michel De
It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
- Montaigne, Michel De
If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about it.
- Montaigne, Michel De
Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
- Montaigne, Michel De
Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one's own goodness.
- Montaigne, Michel De
I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
- Montaigne, Michel De
One may be humble out of pride.
- Montaigne, Michel De
'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
- Montaigne, Michel De
My trade and art is to live.
- Montaigne, Michel De
As an enemy is made more fierce by our flight, so Pain grows proud to see us knuckle under it. She will surrender upon much better terms to those who make head against her.
- Montaigne, Michel De
Hath God obliged himself not to exceed the bounds of our knowledge?
- Montaigne, Michel De
The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
- Montaigne, Michel De
