A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
Michel de Montaigne
Marriage, Humor, Gender, Relationships, Critique
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“In nine lifetimes, you'll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.” Michel de Montaigne
Cats, Knowledge, Mystery, Human-animal Relationship, Perception
Michel de Montaigne Cats, Knowledge, Mystery, Human-animal Relationship, Perception“Taking it all in all, I find it is more trouble to watch after money than to get it.” Michel de Montaigne
Money, Wealth, Priorities, Human Nature, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Money, Wealth, Priorities, Human Nature, Wisdom“The only good histories are those written by those who had command in the events they describe.” Michel de Montaigne
History, Perspective, Authority, Writing, Knowledge
Michel de Montaigne History, Perspective, Authority, Writing, Knowledge“My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.” Michel de Montaigne
Worry, Imagination, Life, Human Nature, Perspective
Michel de Montaigne Worry, Imagination, Life, Human Nature, Perspective“It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.” Michel de Montaigne
Morality, Opinion, Human Nature, Paradox, Self-awareness
Michel de Montaigne Morality, Opinion, Human Nature, Paradox, Self-awareness“I had rather fashion my mind than furnish it.” Michel de Montaigne
Education, Self-improvement, Wisdom, Intellect, Personal Growth
Michel de Montaigne Education, Self-improvement, Wisdom, Intellect, Personal Growth“The oldest and best known evil was ever more supportable than one that was new and untried.” Michel de Montaigne
Familiarity, Change, Human Nature, Fear, Adversity
Michel de Montaigne Familiarity, Change, Human Nature, Fear, Adversity“We ought to love temperance for itself, and in obedience to God who has commanded it and chastity; but what I am forced to by catarrhs, or owe to the stone, is neither chastity nor temperance.” Michel de Montaigne
Virtue, Temperance, Religion, Health, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Virtue, Temperance, Religion, Health, Human Nature“If faces were not alike, we could not distinguish men from beasts; if they were not different, we could not tell one man from another.” Michel de Montaigne
Individuality, Similarity, Identity, Human Nature, Perception
Michel de Montaigne Individuality, Similarity, Identity, Human Nature, Perception“Wherever your life ends, it is all there. The utility of living consists not in the length of days, but in the use of time; a man may have lived long, and yet lived but a little. Make use of time while it is present with you. It depends upon your will, and not upon the number of days, to have a sufficient length of life.” Michel de Montaigne
Life, Time, Purpose, Mortality, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Life, Time, Purpose, Mortality, Wisdom“It is the part of cowardliness, and not of virtue, to seek to squat itself in some hollow lurking hole, or to hide herself under some massive tomb, thereby to shun the strokes of fortune.” Michel de Montaigne
Courage, Virtue, Fate, Adversity, Human Character
Michel de Montaigne Courage, Virtue, Fate, Adversity, Human Character“Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.” Michel de Montaigne
Conformity, Individuality, Soul, Societal Pressure, Self-awareness
Michel de Montaigne Conformity, Individuality, Soul, Societal Pressure, Self-awareness“Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.” Michel de Montaigne
Obsession, Genius, Madness, Human Nature, Creativity
Michel de Montaigne Obsession, Genius, Madness, Human Nature, Creativity“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
Discourse, Advice, Humility, Communication, Self-awareness
Michel de Montaigne Discourse, Advice, Humility, Communication, Self-awareness“If you walk on stilts, you're still walking on your feet. If you sit on the highest throne in the world, you're still sitting on your ass.” Michel de Montaigne
Humility, Perspective, Power, Human Nature, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Humility, Perspective, Power, Human Nature, Wisdom“All permanent decisions are made in a temporary state of mind.” Michel de Montaigne
Decision-making, Impermanence, Human Nature, Wisdom, Psychology
Michel de Montaigne Decision-making, Impermanence, Human Nature, Wisdom, Psychology“Happiness is a singular incentive to mediocrity.” Michel de Montaigne
Happiness, Mediocrity, Human Nature, Critique, Paradox
Michel de Montaigne Happiness, Mediocrity, Human Nature, Critique, Paradox“The soul that has no established aim loses itself.” Michel de Montaigne
Purpose, Direction, Soul, Human Nature, Life Goals
Michel de Montaigne Purpose, Direction, Soul, Human Nature, Life Goals