Michel de Montaigne Quotes About Friendship

Quotes about: Friendship

• If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than it was because he was he, and I was I.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Love, Life, Friendship

  "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Book I, Ch. 28, 1595.

• Friendship is the highest degree of perfection in society.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Friendship, Perfection, Degrees

• Oh, a friend! How true is that old saying, that the enjoyment of one is sweeter and more necessary than that of the elements of water and fire!

  Michel de Montaigne

  Love, Friendship, Fire

  Michel de Montaigne (2003). “The Complete Works: Essays, Travel Journal, Letters”, Everyman's Library

• In true friendship, in which I am expert, I give myself to my friend more than I draw him to me. I not only like doing him good better than having him do me good, but also would rather have him do good to himself than to me; he does me most good when he does himself good.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Love, Friendship, True Friend

  Michel de Montaigne (1958). “Complete Essays”, p.746, Stanford University Press

• Friendship that possesses the whole soul, and there rules and sways with an absolute sovereignty, can admit of no rival.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Friendship, Soul, Rivals

  Michel de Montaigne (1853). “The Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy. With Notes from All the Commentators, Biographical and Bibliographical Notices &c., &c”, p.82

• I love a friendship that flatters itself in the sharpness and vigor of its communications.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Friendship, Communication, Vigor

• Judgement holds in me a magisterial seat, at least it carefully tries to. It lets my feelings go their way, both hatred and friendship, even the friendship I bear myself, without being changed and corrupted by them.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Friendship, Hatred, Judgement

  Michel de Montaigne (1958). “Complete Essays”, p.823, Stanford University Press

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