Quotes by Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be self-sufficient. >>

A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can. >>

The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom. >>

Quotations about Public

The approval of the public is to be avoided like the plague. It is abs >>

If you have got the public in the palm of your hand, you can be sure t >>

The public, with its mob yearning to be instructed, edified and pulled >>

The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De