Michel de Montaigne Quotes

Michel de Montaigne (Writer, 1533 – 1592). Below are 3 quotes by Michel de Montaigne from QuotePlace, each as a portrait card.

Writer · 1533 – 1592

French Renaissance writer who popularized the essay as a literary form.

Quotes by Michel de Montaigne

1.The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

2.My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

3.I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.