Inspirational Quotations by Michel de Montaigne

  • No wind serves him who addresses
    his voyage to no certain port.
    From Issue 47
  • The finest lives, in my opinion, are those who rank in
    the common model, and with the human race, but without
    miracle, without extravagance.
    From Issue 154
  • Valor is stability,
    not of legs and arms,
    but of courage and the soul.
    From Issue 272
  • Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
    From Issue 290
  • The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose.
    From Issue 375
  • He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
    From Issue 378
  • The want of goods is easily repaired, but the poverty of the soul is irreparable.
    From Issue 394
  • Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
    From Issue 396

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