Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his… - Michel de Montaigne

" "
Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head

Michel de Montaigne

English

Collect this quote

About Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem, lord of the manor of Montaigne, Dordogne) (28 February 1533 – 13 September 1592) was an influential French Renaissance writer, generally considered to be the inventor of the personal essay.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne • Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha • Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha

All quotes from Michel de Montaigne Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Michel de Montaigne:

Voltaire Friedrich Nietzsche Johann Wolfgang von Goethe William Hazlitt Ralph Waldo Emerson

Additional quotes by Michel de Montaigne

The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from custom.

how I would hate the reputation of being clever at writing but stupid and useless at everything else! I would rather be stupid at both than to choose to employ my good qualities as badly as that.

Women are not entirely wrong when they reject the moral rules proclaimed in society, since it is we men alone who have made them.

Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head - Michel de Montaigne

About Michel de Montaigne

Also Known As

Try QuoteGPT

Additional quotes by Michel de Montaigne

Enhance Your Quote Experience