How many worthy men have we known to survive their own reputation, who have seen and suffered the honor and glory most justly acquired in their youth, extinguished in their own presence?
Michel de Montaigne
Reputation, Aging, Honor, Human Nature, Time
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Time Management | Emotional Complexity | Questioning | Heart | Luck | Examination | Influence | Cultural Differences | Self-reflection | Avoidance | Evil | Human Experience | Social Influence | Negative Traits | Intimacy | Achievement | Morality | Human Connection | Restraint | Open-mindedness | More
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“Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.” Michel de Montaigne
Life, Dreams, Reality, Perception, Philosophical Reflection
Michel de Montaigne Life, Dreams, Reality, Perception, Philosophical Reflection“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
Equality, Human Nature, Conflict, Social Hierarchy, Universality
Michel de Montaigne Equality, Human Nature, Conflict, Social Hierarchy, Universality“The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.” Michel de Montaigne
Courage, Virtue, Human Nature, Valor, Character
Michel de Montaigne Courage, Virtue, Human Nature, Valor, Character“The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.” Michel de Montaigne
Politics, Morality, Society, Human Nature, Critique
Michel de Montaigne Politics, Morality, Society, Human Nature, Critique“If others examined themselves attentively, as I do, they would find themselves, as I do, full of inanity and nonsense. Get rid of it I cannot without getting rid of myself.” Michel de Montaigne
Self-awareness, Human Nature, Introspection, Acceptance, Identity
Michel de Montaigne Self-awareness, Human Nature, Introspection, Acceptance, Identity“Certainly, if he still has himself, a man of understanding has lost nothing.” Michel de Montaigne
Self-possession, Understanding, Wisdom, Loss, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Self-possession, Understanding, Wisdom, Loss, Human Nature“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“We easily enough confess in others an advantage of courage, strength, experience, activity, and beauty; but an advantage in judgment we yield to none.” Michel de Montaigne
Judgment, Human Nature, Pride, Perception, Self-awareness
Michel de Montaigne Judgment, Human Nature, Pride, Perception, Self-awareness“We cannot fail in following nature.” Michel de Montaigne
Nature, Guidance, Wisdom, Human Condition, Philosophy
Michel de Montaigne Nature, Guidance, Wisdom, Human Condition, Philosophy“I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.” Michel de Montaigne
Civility, Courtesy, Excess, Human Nature, Social Interaction
Michel de Montaigne Civility, Courtesy, Excess, Human Nature, Social Interaction“The profit we possess after study is to have become better and wiser.” Michel de Montaigne
Education, Self-improvement, Wisdom, Knowledge, Personal Growth
Michel de Montaigne Education, Self-improvement, Wisdom, Knowledge, Personal Growth“It is much more easy to accuse the one sex than to excuse the other.” Michel de Montaigne
Gender, Accusation, Human Nature, Critique, Relationships
Michel de Montaigne Gender, Accusation, Human Nature, Critique, Relationships“Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.” Michel de Montaigne
Wisdom, Learning, Individuality, Knowledge, Personal Growth
Michel de Montaigne Wisdom, Learning, Individuality, Knowledge, Personal Growth“A man should think less of what he eats and more with whom he eats because no food is so satisfying as good company.” Michel de Montaigne
Companionship, Food, Priorities, Human Nature, Social Interaction
Michel de Montaigne Companionship, Food, Priorities, Human Nature, Social Interaction“Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.” Michel de Montaigne
Fortune, Wisdom, Luck, Human Nature, Irony
Michel de Montaigne Fortune, Wisdom, Luck, Human Nature, Irony“Kings and philosophers defecate, and so do ladies.” Michel de Montaigne
Equality, Human Nature, Humility, Physicality, Perspective
Michel de Montaigne Equality, Human Nature, Humility, Physicality, Perspective“A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.” Michel de Montaigne
Fear, Suffering, Anticipation, Psychology, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Fear, Suffering, Anticipation, Psychology, Human Nature“Rash and incessant scolding runs into custom and renders itself despised.” Michel de Montaigne
Criticism, Habit, Respect, Human Nature, Communication
Michel de Montaigne Criticism, Habit, Respect, Human Nature, Communication