Michel de Montaigne
16th Century, France
Century and Location
Western Christian, Roman Catholic
Christian Tradition
Philosopher, Essayist
Noted Characteristics
Of the Inconstancy of Our Actions
In Philosophy, Virtue
I have indeed formerly learned that vice is nothing but irregularity, and want of measure, and therefore ’tis impossible to fix constancy to it. ‘Tis a saying of. Demosthenes, “that the beginning oh all virtue is consultation and deliberation; the end and perfection, constancy.”