It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
19+ Best Michel de Montaigne Quotes & Wishes
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Updated: October 2026
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My business and my art is to live.
Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
Every man has within himself the entire human condition.
When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is amusing herself with me more than I am with her.
Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a flea, yet he makes gods by the dozens.
The value of life is not in its length, but in its employment.
We must reserve a back shop all our own, entirely free.
To philosophize is to learn how to die.
What do I know?
Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.
He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying.
He who has learned how to die has unlearned how to be a slave.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
I have no more made my book than my book has made me.
A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.