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Michel De Montaigne quotes: Man (in good earnest) is a marvellous vain, fickle, and unstable subject, and on whom it is very hard to form any certain and uniform judgment. Man (in good earnest) is a marvellous vain, fickle, and unstable subject, and on whom it is very hard to form any certain and uniform judgment.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: No spirited mind remains within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength; it has impulses beyond its power of achievement. No spirited mind remains within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength; it has impulses beyond its power of achievement.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime! How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do. Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: In my youth I studied for ostentation; later, a little to gain wisdom; now, for recreation; never for gain. In my youth I studied for ostentation; later, a little to gain wisdom; now, for recreation; never for gain.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know. Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: A strong memory is commonly coupled with infirm judgment. A strong memory is commonly coupled with infirm judgment.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: A foreign war is a lot milder than a civil war. A foreign war is a lot milder than a civil war.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Those things that are dearest to us have cost us the most. Those things that are dearest to us have cost us the most.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Every man carries the entire form of human condition. Every man carries the entire form of human condition.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: All I say is by way of discourse, and nothing by way of advice. I should not speak so boldly if it were my due to be believed. All I say is by way of discourse, and nothing by way of advice. I should not speak so boldly if it were my due to be believed.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: It is indeed the boundary of life, beyond which we are not to pass; which the law of nature has pitched for a limit not to be exceeded. It is indeed the boundary of life, beyond which we are not to pass; which the law of nature has pitched for a limit not to be exceeded.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: And truly Philosophy is but sophisticated poetry. Whence do those ancient writers derive all their authority but from the poets? And truly Philosophy is but sophisticated poetry. Whence do those ancient writers derive all their authority but from the poets?
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Writing does not cause misery, it is born of misery. Writing does not cause misery, it is born of misery.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: The finest lives in my opinion are the common model, without miracle and without extravagance. The finest lives in my opinion are the common model, without miracle and without extravagance.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: And if nobody reads me, shall I have wasted my time, when I have beguiled so many idle hours with such pleasant and profitable reflections? And if nobody reads me, shall I have wasted my time, when I have beguiled so many idle hours with such pleasant and profitable reflections?
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Almost all the opinions we have are taken on authority and on credit. Almost all the opinions we have are taken on authority and on credit.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: We do not correct the man we hang; we correct others by him. We do not correct the man we hang; we correct others by him.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Once you have decided to keep a certain pile, it is no longer yours; for you can't spend it. Once you have decided to keep a certain pile, it is no longer yours; for you can't spend it.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Live as long as you please, you will strike nothing off the time you will have to spend dead. Live as long as you please, you will strike nothing off the time you will have to spend dead.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: A good marriage (if any there be) refuses the conditions of love and endeavors to present those of amity. A good marriage (if any there be) refuses the conditions of love and endeavors to present those of amity.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: If it lay in my power to make myself feared, I had rather make myself beloved. If it lay in my power to make myself feared, I had rather make myself beloved.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Books are a languid pleasure. Books are a languid pleasure.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Might I have had my own will, I would not have married Wisdom herself, if she would have had me. Might I have had my own will, I would not have married Wisdom herself, if she would have had me.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: The first lessons with which we should irrigate his mind should be those which teach him to know himself, and to know how to die ... and to live. The first lessons with which we should irrigate his mind should be those which teach him to know himself, and to know how to die ... and to live.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Judgement can do without knowledge: but not knowledge without judgement. Judgement can do without knowledge: but not knowledge without judgement.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: It is not death, it is dying that alarms me. It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: No doctor takes pleasure in the health even of his friends. No doctor takes pleasure in the health even of his friends.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Nothing prints more lively in our minds than something we wish to forget. Nothing prints more lively in our minds than something we wish to forget.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I. If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Man is quite insane. He wouldn?t know how to create a maggot, and he creates Gods by the dozen. Man is quite insane. He wouldn?t know how to create a maggot, and he creates Gods by the dozen.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Wisdom has its excesses, and has no less need of moderation than folly. Wisdom has its excesses, and has no less need of moderation than folly.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: There is nothing which so poisons princes as flattery, nor anything whereby wicked men more easily obtain credit and favor with them. There is nothing which so poisons princes as flattery, nor anything whereby wicked men more easily obtain credit and favor with them.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: True freedom is to have power over oneself for everything. True freedom is to have power over oneself for everything.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Don't be afraid to say what you are not afraid to think Don't be afraid to say what you are not afraid to think
Michel De Montaigne quotes: I would rather let affairs break their neck than twist my faith for the sake of them. I would rather let affairs break their neck than twist my faith for the sake of them.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Our religion is made to eradicate vices, instead it encourages them, covers them, and nurtures them. Our religion is made to eradicate vices, instead it encourages them, covers them, and nurtures them.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: No wind favors he who has no destined port. No wind favors he who has no destined port.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: [Folly never thinks it has enough, even when it obtains what it desires, but Wisdom is happy with what is to hand and is never vexed with itself.]3 [Folly never thinks it has enough, even when it obtains what it desires, but Wisdom is happy with what is to hand and is never vexed with itself.]3
Michel De Montaigne quotes: As for dying we can only assay that once; we are all apprentices when it comes to that As for dying we can only assay that once; we are all apprentices when it comes to that
Michel De Montaigne quotes: If health and a fair day smile upon me, I am a very good fellow; if a corn trouble my toe, I am sullen, out of humor, and inaccessible. If health and a fair day smile upon me, I am a very good fellow; if a corn trouble my toe, I am sullen, out of humor, and inaccessible.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: My trade and art is to live. My trade and art is to live.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: It is much more easy to accuse the one sex than to excuse the other. It is much more easy to accuse the one sex than to excuse the other.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: I must accommodate my history to the hour: I may presently change, not only by fortune, but also by intention. I must accommodate my history to the hour: I may presently change, not only by fortune, but also by intention.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: I want death to find me planting my cabbages. I want death to find me planting my cabbages.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by thoughts about life. We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by thoughts about life.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: I care not so much what I am in the opinion of others, as what I am in my own. I care not so much what I am in the opinion of others, as what I am in my own.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: The profit we possess after study is to have become better and wiser. The profit we possess after study is to have become better and wiser.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: I leaf through books, I do not study them. What I retain of them is something I no longer recognize as anyone else's. I leaf through books, I do not study them. What I retain of them is something I no longer recognize as anyone else's.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Kings and philosophers shit - and so do ladies. Kings and philosophers shit - and so do ladies.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Let us give Nature a chance; she knows her business better than we do. Let us give Nature a chance; she knows her business better than we do.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Experience teaches that a strong memory is generally joined to a weak judgment. Experience teaches that a strong memory is generally joined to a weak judgment.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Only he can judge of matters great and high whose soul is likewise. Only he can judge of matters great and high whose soul is likewise.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre. The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: I say that male and female are cast in the same mold; except for education and habits, the difference is not great. I say that male and female are cast in the same mold; except for education and habits, the difference is not great.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: An outstanding memory is often associated with weak judgement. An outstanding memory is often associated with weak judgement.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Lucius Arruntius killed himself, he said, to escape both the future and the past. Lucius Arruntius killed himself, he said, to escape both the future and the past.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Only the fools are certain and assured. Only the fools are certain and assured.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Not only does the wind of accidents stir me according to its blowing, but I am also stirred and troubled by the instability of my attitude. Not only does the wind of accidents stir me according to its blowing, but I am also stirred and troubled by the instability of my attitude.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: There are no truths, only moments of claryty passing for answers. There are no truths, only moments of claryty passing for answers.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline. There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Words repeated again have as another sound, so another sense. Words repeated again have as another sound, so another sense.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: To philosophize is to learn to die. To philosophize is to learn to die.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Honesty is a question of right and wrong, not a matter of policy Honesty is a question of right and wrong, not a matter of policy
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are found and perfected by degrees, by often handling and polishing. Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are found and perfected by degrees, by often handling and polishing.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: The good opinion of the vulgar is injurious. The good opinion of the vulgar is injurious.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: How many quarrels, and how important, has the doubt as to the meaning of this syllable "Hoc" produced for the world! How many quarrels, and how important, has the doubt as to the meaning of this syllable "Hoc" produced for the world!
Michel De Montaigne quotes: The reverse side of truth has a hundred thousand shapes and no defined limits. The reverse side of truth has a hundred thousand shapes and no defined limits.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own. Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: I moreover affirm that our wisdom itself, and wisest consultations, for the most part commit themselves to the conduct of chance. I moreover affirm that our wisdom itself, and wisest consultations, for the most part commit themselves to the conduct of chance.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: I love a gay and sociable wisdom, and shun harshness and austerity in behaviour, holding every surly countenance suspect. I love a gay and sociable wisdom, and shun harshness and austerity in behaviour, holding every surly countenance suspect.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Death is not one of our social managements; it is a scene with one character. Death is not one of our social managements; it is a scene with one character.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Glory consists of two parts: the one in setting too great a value upon ourselves, and the other in setting too little a value upon others. Glory consists of two parts: the one in setting too great a value upon ourselves, and the other in setting too little a value upon others.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: A well-bred man is always sociable and complaisant. A well-bred man is always sociable and complaisant.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Were I to live my life over again, I should live it just as I have done. I neither complain of the past, nor do I fear the future. Were I to live my life over again, I should live it just as I have done. I neither complain of the past, nor do I fear the future.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: As far as I am concerned, no road that would lead us to health is either arduous or expensive. As far as I am concerned, no road that would lead us to health is either arduous or expensive.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: One should be ever booted and spurred and ready to depart. One should be ever booted and spurred and ready to depart.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Tortures are a dangerous invention, and seem to be a test of endurance rather than of truth. Tortures are a dangerous invention, and seem to be a test of endurance rather than of truth.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know. Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: If my mind could gain a firm footing, I would not make essays, I would make decisions; but it is always in apprenticeship and on trial. If my mind could gain a firm footing, I would not make essays, I would make decisions; but it is always in apprenticeship and on trial.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: It is not a mind, it is not a body that we educate, but it is a man, and we must not make two parts of him. It is not a mind, it is not a body that we educate, but it is a man, and we must not make two parts of him.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: But sure there is need of other remedies than dreaming, a weak contention of art against nature. But sure there is need of other remedies than dreaming, a weak contention of art against nature.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: The ceaseless labor of your life is to build the house of death. The ceaseless labor of your life is to build the house of death.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: I admire the assurance and confidence everyone has in himself, whereas there is hardly anything I am sure I know or that I dare give my word I can do. I admire the assurance and confidence everyone has in himself, whereas there is hardly anything I am sure I know or that I dare give my word I can do.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: To philosophize is to doubt. To philosophize is to doubt.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity. There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Not because Socrates said so, ... I look upon all men as my compatriots. Not because Socrates said so, ... I look upon all men as my compatriots.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: A man must learn to endure patiently what he cannot avoid conveniently. A man must learn to endure patiently what he cannot avoid conveniently.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: There is hardly less torment in running a family than in running a country. There is hardly less torment in running a family than in running a country.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Nature is a gentle guide, but not more sweet and gentle than prudent and just. Nature is a gentle guide, but not more sweet and gentle than prudent and just.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it. To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Is only certain that there is nothing certain, and that nothing is more miserable or more proud than man.Nat. Hist., ii. 7.] Is only certain that there is nothing certain, and that nothing is more miserable or more proud than man.Nat. Hist., ii. 7.]
Michel De Montaigne quotes: Oddness or novelty (qualities which usually give value to anything) Oddness or novelty (qualities which usually give value to anything)
Michel De Montaigne quotes: A hair shirt does not always render those chaste who wear it. A hair shirt does not always render those chaste who wear it.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold. The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war betwixt princes. The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold. The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war betwixt princes.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: My appetite comes to me while eating. My appetite comes to me while eating.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: All permanent decisions are made in a temporary state of mind. All permanent decisions are made in a temporary state of mind.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind - and to work some of those contradictions out for myself. I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind - and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: He who falls obstinate in his courage, if he falls he fights from his knees. He who falls obstinate in his courage, if he falls he fights from his knees.
Michel De Montaigne quotes: The Stoics forbid this emotion to their sages as being base and cowardly. The Stoics forbid this emotion to their sages as being base and cowardly.

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