Michel de Montaigne Quotes About Affection

Quotes about: Affection

• Teach him a certain refinement in sorting out and selecting his arguments, with an affection for relevance and so for brevity. Above all let him be taught to throw down his arms and surrender to truth as soon as he perceives it, whether the truth is born at his rival's doing or within himself from some change in his ideas.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Educational, Ideas, Words Of Wisdom

• In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection; otherwise you only make so many asses laden with books.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Teacher, Children, Educational

• Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Love, Sports, Nurse

  Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.

• A father is very miserable who has no other hold on his children's affection than the need they have of his assistance, if that can be called affection.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Children, Father, Parent

  Michel de Montaigne (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne (Illustrated)”, p.623, Delphi Classics

• We owe subjection and obedience to all our kings, whether good or bad, alike, for that has respect unto their office; but as to esteem and affection, these are only due to their virtue.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Kings, Office, Affection

  Michel de Montaigne (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne (Illustrated)”, p.220, Delphi Classics

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