Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
Michel de Montaigne
Human Condition, Universality, Individuality, Existence, Philosophy
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“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” Michel de Montaigne
Self-ownership, Independence, Self-awareness, Individuality, Personal Freedom
Michel de Montaigne Self-ownership, Independence, Self-awareness, Individuality, Personal Freedom“Necessity is a violent school-mistress.” Michel de Montaigne
Necessity, Learning, Hardship, Wisdom, Metaphor
Michel de Montaigne Necessity, Learning, Hardship, Wisdom, Metaphor“From Obedience and submission comes all our virtues, and all sin is comes from self-opinion.” Michel de Montaigne
Virtue, Obedience, Sin, Self-opinion, Morality
Michel de Montaigne Virtue, Obedience, Sin, Self-opinion, Morality“My reason is not framed to bend or stoop: my knees are.” Michel de Montaigne
Reason, Flexibility, Pride, Human Nature, Metaphor
Michel de Montaigne Reason, Flexibility, Pride, Human Nature, Metaphor“Women are not entirely wrong when they reject the moral rules proclaimed in society, since it is we men alone who have made them.” Michel de Montaigne
Gender, Morality, Society, Critique, Feminism
Michel de Montaigne Gender, Morality, Society, Critique, Feminism“A man is not hurt so much by what happens, as by his opinion of what happens.” Michel de Montaigne
Perception, Opinion, Suffering, Human Nature, Stoicism
Michel de Montaigne Perception, Opinion, Suffering, Human Nature, Stoicism“There are truths on this side of the Pyrenees which are falsehoods on the other.” Michel de Montaigne
Truth, Cultural Relativism, Perspective, Geography, Philosophy
Michel de Montaigne Truth, Cultural Relativism, Perspective, Geography, Philosophy“There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.” Michel de Montaigne
Communication, Pleasure, Thoughts, Loneliness, Human Connection
Michel de Montaigne Communication, Pleasure, Thoughts, Loneliness, Human Connection“I would have every man write what he knows and no more.” Michel de Montaigne
Knowledge, Writing, Honesty, Wisdom, Self-awareness
Michel de Montaigne Knowledge, Writing, Honesty, Wisdom, Self-awareness“Women are not altogether in the wrong when they refuse the rules of life prescribed to the World, for men only have established them and without their consent.” Michel de Montaigne
Gender, Rules, Society, Critique, Feminism
Michel de Montaigne Gender, Rules, Society, Critique, Feminism“Others form man; I tell of him, and portray a particular one, very ill-formed, whom I should really make very different from what he is if I had to fashion him over again. But now it is done.” Michel de Montaigne
Humanity, Individuality, Self-reflection, Imperfection, Acceptance
Michel de Montaigne Humanity, Individuality, Self-reflection, Imperfection, Acceptance“Habituation puts to sleep the eye of our judgment.” Michel de Montaigne
Habit, Judgment, Perception, Human Nature, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Habit, Judgment, Perception, Human Nature, Wisdom“The only thing certain is nothing is certain.” Michel de Montaigne
Uncertainty, Philosophy, Knowledge, Skepticism, Human Condition
Michel de Montaigne Uncertainty, Philosophy, Knowledge, Skepticism, Human Condition“The curiosity of knowing things has been given to man for a scourge.” Michel de Montaigne
Curiosity, Knowledge, Human Nature, Burden, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Curiosity, Knowledge, Human Nature, Burden, Wisdom“Obstinacy and dogmatism are the surest signs of stupidity. Is there anything more confident, resolute, disdainful, grave and serious than an ass?” Michel de Montaigne
Stubbornness, Dogmatism, Stupidity, Critique, Metaphor
Michel de Montaigne Stubbornness, Dogmatism, Stupidity, Critique, Metaphor“I want death to find me planting my cabbages, but careless of death, and still more of my unfinished garden.” Michel de Montaigne
Death, Life, Purpose, Contentment, Perspective
Michel de Montaigne Death, Life, Purpose, Contentment, Perspective“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“Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.” Michel de Montaigne
Honor, Conscience, Morality, Choice, Integrity
Michel de Montaigne Honor, Conscience, Morality, Choice, Integrity