Michel de Montaigne on Humor

This page displays 2 quotations attributed to Michel de Montaigne and filed under "humor" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.

Attributed to Michel de Montaigne, entry #36631: "It happens as with cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out."

Attributed to Michel de Montaigne, entry #97417: "To an atheist all writings tend to atheism: he corrupts the most innocent matter with his own venom."