God is favorable to those whom he makes to die by degrees; 'tis the only benefit of old age. The last death will be so much the less painful: it will kill but a quarter of a man or but half a one at most.
Michel de Montaigne
Aging, Death, God, Perspective, Human Condition
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“We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.” Michel de Montaigne
Knowledge, Wisdom, Learning, Individuality, Personal Growth
Michel de Montaigne Knowledge, Wisdom, Learning, Individuality, Personal Growth“Necessity is a violent school-mistress.” Michel de Montaigne
Necessity, Learning, Hardship, Wisdom, Metaphor
Michel de Montaigne Necessity, Learning, Hardship, Wisdom, Metaphor“Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.” Michel de Montaigne
Marriage, Freedom, Relationships, Human Nature, Irony
Michel de Montaigne Marriage, Freedom, Relationships, Human Nature, Irony“If I were of the trade, I should naturalize art as much as they "artialize" nature.” Michel de Montaigne
Art, Nature, Creativity, Perspective, Human Intervention
Michel de Montaigne Art, Nature, Creativity, Perspective, Human Intervention“There is no more expensive thing than a free gift.” Michel de Montaigne
Gifts, Value, Paradox, Human Nature, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Gifts, Value, Paradox, Human Nature, Wisdom“The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.” Michel de Montaigne
Life, Death, Purpose, Human Condition, Metaphor
Michel de Montaigne Life, Death, Purpose, Human Condition, Metaphor“Though we may be learned by another's knowledge, we can never be wise but by our own experience.” Michel de Montaigne
Wisdom, Experience, Knowledge, Learning, Personal Growth
Michel de Montaigne Wisdom, Experience, Knowledge, Learning, Personal Growth“There is no greater enemy to those who would please than expectation.” Michel de Montaigne
Expectation, Pleasure, Human Nature, Relationships, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Expectation, Pleasure, Human Nature, Relationships, Wisdom“The most beautiful lives, to my mind, are those that conform to the common human pattern, with order, but without miracle and without eccentricity.” Michel de Montaigne
Life, Beauty, Conformity, Order, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Life, Beauty, Conformity, Order, Human Nature“It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.” Michel de Montaigne
Children, Play, Seriousness, Human Nature, Development
Michel de Montaigne Children, Play, Seriousness, Human Nature, Development“Malice sucks up the greatest part of its own venom, and poisons itself.” Michel de Montaigne
Malice, Self-destruction, Human Nature, Morality, Consequences
Michel de Montaigne Malice, Self-destruction, Human Nature, Morality, Consequences“Presumption is our natural and original malady. The most vulnerable and frail of all creatures is man, and at the same time the most arrogant.” Michel de Montaigne
Presumption, Human Nature, Vulnerability, Arrogance, Paradox
Michel de Montaigne Presumption, Human Nature, Vulnerability, Arrogance, Paradox“It is easier to sacrifice great than little things.” Michel de Montaigne
Sacrifice, Human Nature, Priorities, Psychology, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Sacrifice, Human Nature, Priorities, Psychology, Wisdom“Order a purge for your brain, it will there be much better employed than upon your stomach.” Michel de Montaigne
Intellect, Health, Priorities, Wisdom, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Intellect, Health, Priorities, Wisdom, Human Nature“My appetite comes to me while eating.” Michel de Montaigne
Appetite, Action, Human Nature, Experience, Desire
Michel de Montaigne Appetite, Action, Human Nature, Experience, Desire“Peoples nurtured on freedom and self-government judge any other form of polity to be deformed and unnatural. Those who are used to monarchy do the same.” Michel de Montaigne
Governance, Perspective, Culture, Human Nature, Politics
Michel de Montaigne Governance, Perspective, Culture, Human Nature, Politics“To speak less of oneself than what one really is, is folly, not modesty; and to take that for current pay which is under a man's value, is pusillanimity and cowardice.” Michel de Montaigne
Self-worth, Modesty, Honesty, Courage, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Self-worth, Modesty, Honesty, Courage, Human Nature