A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. ~Michel de Montaigne
Wife Marriage Good
A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can. ~Michel de Montaigne
Wise Man Wise Man
Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face. ~Michel de Montaigne
Age Mind Face
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. ~Michel de Montaigne
Myself I Am Care
I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie. ~Michel de Montaigne
Myself Lie Him
I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of. ~Michel de Montaigne
I Am Search Know
I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older. ~Michel de Montaigne
Truth Speak Grow
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love. ~Michel de Montaigne
Love Friendship Marriage
If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about it. ~Michel de Montaigne
Nature Death Job
If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I. ~Michel de Montaigne
Loved Me You
Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head. ~Michel de Montaigne
Man Ignorance Rest
It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason. ~Michel de Montaigne
Opinions Find Lust
It is not death, it is dying that alarms me. ~Michel de Montaigne
Death Me Dying
Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself. ~Michel de Montaigne
Yourself Brainy Others
Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out. ~Michel de Montaigne
Marriage Birds Outside
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened. ~Michel de Montaigne
Life My Life Most
My trade and art is to live. ~Michel de Montaigne
Life Art Live
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself. ~Michel de Montaigne
Myself Events Being
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it. ~Michel de Montaigne
Memory Wish Nothing
Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know. ~Michel de Montaigne
Nothing Know Believed