Michel de Montaigne Quotes about Truth

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The truth of these days is not that which really is, but what every man persuades another man to believe.

The truth of these days is not that which really is, but what every man persuades another man to believe.

Michel de Montaigne

Truth, Believe, Men

Michel de Montaigne (2015). “Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays”, p.701, 谷月社

A man must not always tell all, for that be folly; but what a man says should be what he thinks.

Michel de Montaigne

Truth, Honesty, Men

Michel de Montaigne (1872). “All the Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne”, p.547

Truth and reason are common to everyone, and are no more his who spake them first than his who speaks them after.

Michel de Montaigne

Truth, Firsts, Common

Michel de Montaigne (2013). “The Complete Essays of Montaigne (107 annotated essays in 1 eBook + The Life of Montaigne + The Letters of Montaigne)”, p.217, e-artnow

I speak the truth, not my fill of it, but as much as I dare speak; and I dare to do so a little more as I grow old.

Michel de Montaigne

Life, Success, Truth

"Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Book III, Ch. 2, 1595.

For truth itself does not have the privilege to be employed at any time and in every way; its use, noble as it is, has its circumscriptions and limits.

Michel de Montaigne

Time, Truth, Doe

Michel de Montaigne (1976). “The Complete Essays of Montaigne”

No man is so exquisitely honest or upright in living, but that ten times in his life he might not lawfully be hanged.

Michel de Montaigne

Truth, Honesty, Men

Michel de Montaigne (1915). “The essays of Michael, lord of Montaigne”

I have never known a greater miracle, or monster, than myself.

Michel de Montaigne

Truth, Miracle, Monsters

Great authors, when they write about causes, adduce not only those they think are true but also those they do not believe in, provided they have some originality and beauty. They speak truly and usefully enough if they speak ingeniously.

Michel de Montaigne

Beauty, Truth, Believe

Michel de Montaigne (1976). “The Complete Essays of Montaigne”

If people must be talking about me, I would have it to be truthfully and justly. I would willingly return from the next world to contradict any person who described me other than I was, although he did it to honour me.

Michel de Montaigne

Truth, Self, Talking

Almost all the opinions we have are taken on authority and on credit.

Michel de Montaigne

Trust, Truth, Taken

Michel de Montaigne (1603). “Essayes”

Our truth of nowadays is not what is, but what others can be convinced of; just as we call "money" not only that which is legal, but also any counterfeit that will pass.

Michel de Montaigne

Truth, Society, Corruption

Michel de Montaigne (1958). “Complete Essays”, p.505, Stanford University Press