The worth and value of a man is in his heart and his will; there lies his real honour… — Michel de Montaigne
The worth and value of a man is in his heart and his will; there lies his real honour. Valour is the strength, not of legs and arms, but of heart and soul.
In the original French
L'estimation et le pris d'un homme consiste au coeur et en la volonté; c'est là où gist son vray honneur; la vaillance, c'est la fermeté, non pas des jambes et des bras, mais du courage et de l'ame.
Essays · 1580
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De Montaigne, Michel. "On the Cannibals." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.
Original citation
De Montaigne, Michel. "Des Cannibales [Of Cannibals]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.