Michel de Montaigne Quotes - Page 8

• There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Life, Humility, Men

  Michel de Montaigne, Marvin Lowenthal (1999). “The Autobiography of Michel de Montaigne: Comprising the Life of the Wisest Man of His Times : His Childhood, Youth, and Prime : His Adventures in Love and Marriage, at Court, and in Office, War, Revolution, and Plague : His Travels at Home and Abroad : His Habits, Tastes, Whims, and Opinions”, p.210, David R. Godine Publisher

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• Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.

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  Men, Diversity, Bears

  Essais bk. 3, ch. 2 (1580)

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• Silence and modesty are very valuable qualities in conversation.

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  Silence, Quality, Modesty

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• I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.

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  Mind, Speak, My Own

  Michel de Montaigne (1958). “Complete Essays”, p.108, Stanford University Press

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• Excellent memories are often coupled with feeble judgments.

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  Memories, Judgment, Excellent

  Michel de Montaigne (1958). “Essays”

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• It is in vain that we get upon stilts, for once on them, it is still with our legs that we must walk. And on the highest throne in the world we are still sitting on our own ass.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Vanity, Thrones, Sitting

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• Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Self, Want, Faces

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• Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.

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  Confidence, Self Esteem, Acceptance

  Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Book III, Ch. 13, 1595.

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• Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. It is...opening a door that we may derive instruction from the example of others, and at the same time enabling us to benefit them by our example, if there be anything in our character worthy of imitation.

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  Character, Doors, Example

  Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.

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• We are never present with, but always beyond ourselves; fear, desire, hope, still push us on toward the future.

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  Optimism, Desire, Pessimism

  Michel de Montaigne (2015). “Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays”, p.52, 谷月社

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• The study of books is a drowsy and feeble exercise which does not warm you up.

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  Book, Exercise, Doe

  Michel de Montaigne, Marvin Lowenthal (1999). “The Autobiography of Michel de Montaigne: Comprising the Life of the Wisest Man of His Times : His Childhood, Youth, and Prime : His Adventures in Love and Marriage, at Court, and in Office, War, Revolution, and Plague : His Travels at Home and Abroad : His Habits, Tastes, Whims, and Opinions”, p.165, David R. Godine Publisher

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• The thing in the world I am most afraid of is fear.

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  Fear, World

  Michel de Montaigne (2013). “Michel de Montaigne: Selected Essays”, p.20, Courier Corporation

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• There is nothing on which men are commonly more intent than on making a way for their opinions.

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  Men, Way, Opinion

  Michel de Montaigne (1958). “Complete Essays”, p.786, Stanford University Press

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• Of all human and ancient opinions concerning religion, that seems to me the most likely and most excusable, that acknowledged God as an incomprehensible power, the original and preserver of all things, all goodness, all perfection, receiving and taking in good part the honour and reverence that man paid him, under what method, name, or ceremonies soever.

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  Men, Names, Perfection

  Michel de Montaigne (2015). “Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays”, p.536, 谷月社

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• Women are more susceptible to pain than to pleasure.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Pain, Emotion, Pleasure

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• I quote others in order to better express myself.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Order, Quotations

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• Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Nature, Rivers, Earth Day

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• Habituation puts to sleep the eye of our judgment.

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  Sleep, Eye, Judgment

  Michel de Montaigne (1958). “Complete Essays”, p.80, Stanford University Press

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• Difficulty is a coin the learned make use of like jugglers, to conceal the inanity of their art.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Art, Use, Coins

  Michel de Montaigne (1908). “The Essays of Michel de Montaigne”

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• I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Miracle, Monsters, World

  Michel de Montaigne, George Savile Marquis of Halifax (1743). “Montaigne's Essays in Three Books: With Notes and Quotations. And an Account of the Author's Life. With a Short Character of the Author and Translator”, p.295

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• There is no man so good that if he placed all his actions and thoughts under the scrutiny of the laws, he would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.

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  Men, Law, Action

  "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Book III, Ch. 9, 1595.

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• It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.

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  Attitude, Fear, Rich Or Poor

  Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.

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• We must learn to suffer what we cannot evade.

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  Suffering

  Michel de Montaigne (2015). “Essays of Montaigne”, p.1309, Xist Publishing

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• In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum.

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  Book, Boys, Hands

  Michel de Montaigne, Marvin Lowenthal (1999). “The Autobiography of Michel de Montaigne: Comprising the Life of the Wisest Man of His Times : His Childhood, Youth, and Prime : His Adventures in Love and Marriage, at Court, and in Office, War, Revolution, and Plague : His Travels at Home and Abroad : His Habits, Tastes, Whims, and Opinions”, p.24, David R. Godine Publisher

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• Those things that are dearest to us have cost us the most.

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  Cost, Values

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