More from Michel de Montaigne

  1. The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on yo…
  2. The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
  3. The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
  4. The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
  5. The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.
  6. The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them.
  7. The most manifest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness; her state is like that in the regions above the moon, always clear and serene.
  8. There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

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