Michel de Montaigne Quote

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.


Selected Essays (ed. 1943)


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...

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...

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...

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...