Quote #35
I find that the best goodness I have has some tincture of vice.
More from Michel de Montaigne
- A man may be humble through vainglory.
- Saying is one thing and doing is another.
- How many valiant men we have seen to survive their own reputation!
- There were never in the world two opinions alike, any more than two hairs or two grains. Their most universal quality is diversity.
- Ceux qui ont apparie notre vie a un songe ont eu de la raison...Nous veillons dormants et veillants dormons.
- I will follow the good side right to the fire, but not into it if I can help it.
- Quelle verite que ces montagnes bornent, qui est mensonge qui se tient au dela?
- I speak the truth, not my fill of it, but as much as I dare speak; and I dare to do so a little more as I grow old.