Quotes by Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) — Philosoph · Katholisch · Frankreich

Era: Reformation & Baroque

Recurring topics: Guidance & God's Will, Faith & Trust, Courage & Strength, Illness & Weakness, Meaning & Identity, Wisdom & Understanding, Relationships & Family

Quotes by Michel de Montaigne

When God sends you on the way, he also gives you the right shoes.

Michel de Montaigne

Of all our illnesses, the worst is self-contempt.

Michel de Montaigne

I have observed that in fact only those marriages fail which were made for beauty and out of amorous longing: marriage needs firmer and more lasting foundations; great caution is required when one decides upon it, for boiling passion is not suited to it.

Michel de Montaigne

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