Michel de Montaigne: Have you known how to compose your manners? You have done a great deal more…

Have you known how to compose your manners? You have done a great deal more than he who has composed books. Have you known how to take repose? You have done more than he who has taken cities and empires.

In today’s wordsHave you learned to master your own conduct? You've done more than the person who wrote books. Have you learned to find rest? You've done more than the one who conquered cities and empires.