Creative Quotations from . . .
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
(1553-1592) born on Feb 28
French "essayist, courtier". "His "Essais" (Essays) established a new literary form, and often used quotations from classical writers."
 
   
F
I know what I am fleeing from, but not what I am in search of."

R
"In my opinion, the most fruitful and natural play of the mind is in conversation. I find it sweeter than any other action in life; and if I were forced to choose, I think I would rather lose my sight than my hearing and voice."
A
The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them.
N
"There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is ordered by orders, method, and discipline."
K
All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it quietly.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."
R: "In "The Book of Success," ed. Richard Shea, 1993."
A: ""Essays," bk. 3, ch. 5, "Upon Some Verses of Virgil" (1588, tr. by John Florio)."
N: "In "The Book of Success," ed. Richard Shea, 1993."
K: "In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."



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