![The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xqw0OunlwfQ/X1uJewuOiJI/AAAAAAAAKSA/L2Zi9XRbxqkDhuCiSxUXSD_H2Yi8s0KTwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-greatest-thing-in-the-world-is-to-know-how-to-belong-to-oneself.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: Michel de Montaigne
![The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xqw0OunlwfQ/X1uJewuOiJI/AAAAAAAAKSA/L2Zi9XRbxqkDhuCiSxUXSD_H2Yi8s0KTwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-greatest-thing-in-the-world-is-to-know-how-to-belong-to-oneself.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RvP2-VvcqFg/X1tqQt3YUWI/AAAAAAAAHA0/o6DhVjY-bdkxMXZvtV1xfU2c4Ie9WFzNwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-do-not-care-so-much-what-i-am-to-others-as-i-care-what-i-am-to-myself.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.
![I quote others only in order the better to express myself.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/--kWQJD7dvbo/X1ttyQQd2yI/AAAAAAAAHko/7AzfhiA1i-I-fMQBqJWFXpJptEEbCihdwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-quote-others-only-in-order-the-better-to-express-myself.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
![Judgement can do without knowledge: but not knowledge without judgement.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i-prHpsp91k/X1twByqf21I/AAAAAAAAH-k/Ln_TNvlDiYkELQxF4-_ez6FujSXObpEIACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/judgement-can-do-without-knowledge-but-not-knowledge-without-judgement.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Judgement can do without knowledge: but not knowledge without judgement.
![Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_2uCU8TPOrA/X1t3ieLbXrI/AAAAAAAAItw/vzLFfIT1bC4ExFSjsMtDDOePmVa5G5FDQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/nothing-is-so-firmly-believed-as-that-which-we-least-know.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.
![The thing I fear most is fear.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z1ScLYtZOSo/X0bPprq9OmI/AAAAAAAAE2s/FO9P--7KsVAPELwlOWQpgiXaomohF_QJACEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/the-thing-i-fear-most-is-fear-quotes-by-michel-de-montaigne-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-fear.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The thing I fear most is fear.
![The greater part of the world’s troubles are due to questions of grammar.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kyDC9YdojQU/X1uJcnreb5I/AAAAAAAAKRg/th_xcq0LpCk-yWnXHhXDlWIYf50GYEWjgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-greater-part-of-the-worlds-troubles-are-due-to-questions-of-grammar.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The greater part of the world’s troubles are due to questions of grammar.
![My trade and art is to live.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l5YJt2V4Sqc/X0bMDobadiI/AAAAAAAAEPw/MZ5NJKQnFW8HB__8nUFxAIl56Z9Hx_CEgCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/my-trade-and-art-is-to-live-quotes-by-michel-de-montaigne-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-art-life.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
My trade and art is to live.
![It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bw03SF99GMA/X0bIhATYC1I/AAAAAAAADmg/dn2yOpWerSAmcj0xCEEpgwgyvkj9oERVACEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw16uf-gU/w750-h750-p/it-is-not-death-it-is-dying-that-alarms-me-quotes-by-michel-de-montaigne-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-death.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
![Why do people respect the package rather than the man?](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q1D9m9GkVeQ/X1uRr1OfbmI/AAAAAAAALhA/2SZrNnY3tLE8nG3ZdqAogc8pvt23KC6hwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/why-do-people-respect-the-package-rather-than-the-man.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)