It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
Michel de Montaigne
Intellect, Interaction, Growth, Learning, Social Engagement
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“The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.” Michel de Montaigne
Law, Custom, Society, Human Nature, Critique
Michel de Montaigne Law, Custom, Society, Human Nature, Critique“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“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“I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.” Michel de Montaigne
Lying, Integrity, Self-harm, Morality, Honesty
Michel de Montaigne Lying, Integrity, Self-harm, Morality, Honesty“I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.” Michel de Montaigne
Education, Reasoning, Simplicity, Human Nature, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Education, Reasoning, Simplicity, Human Nature, Wisdom“My errors are by now natural and incorrigible; but the good that worthy men do the public by making themselves imitable, I shall perhaps do by making myself evitable.” Michel de Montaigne
Self-awareness, Influence, Human Nature, Society, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Self-awareness, Influence, Human Nature, Society, Wisdom“Oh senseless man, who cannot possibly make a worm or a flea and yet will create Gods by the dozen!” Michel de Montaigne
Religion, Human Nature, Creation, Hubris, Irony
Michel de Montaigne Religion, Human Nature, Creation, Hubris, Irony“If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about it.” Michel de Montaigne
Death, Nature, Wisdom, Human Condition, Acceptance
Michel de Montaigne Death, Nature, Wisdom, Human Condition, Acceptance“The bees pillage the flowers here and there but they make honey of them which is all their own; it is no longer thyme or marjolaine: so the pieces borrowed from others he will transform and mix up into a work all his own.” Michel de Montaigne
Creativity, Originality, Inspiration, Transformation, Intellectual Property
Michel de Montaigne Creativity, Originality, Inspiration, Transformation, Intellectual Property“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“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“I seek in books only to give myself pleasure by honest amusement; or if I study, I seek only the learning that treats of the knowledge of myself and instructs me in how to die well and live well.” Michel de Montaigne
Reading, Pleasure, Self-knowledge, Wisdom, Life And Death
Michel de Montaigne Reading, Pleasure, Self-knowledge, Wisdom, Life And Death“I never met a man who thought his thinking was faulty.” Michel de Montaigne
Self-perception, Bias, Human Nature, Thinking, Critique
Michel de Montaigne Self-perception, Bias, Human Nature, Thinking, Critique“There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.” Michel de Montaigne
Knowledge, Curiosity, Human Nature, Learning, Intellectual Pursuit
Michel de Montaigne Knowledge, Curiosity, Human Nature, Learning, Intellectual Pursuit“Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.” Michel de Montaigne
Love, Education, Childhood, Society, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Love, Education, Childhood, Society, Human Nature“To make judgements about great and lofty things, a soul of the same stature is needed; otherwise we ascribe to them that vice which is our own.” Michel de Montaigne
Judgment, Greatness, Perception, Human Nature, Self-awareness
Michel de Montaigne Judgment, Greatness, Perception, Human Nature, Self-awareness“Our own peculiar human condition is that we are as fit to be laughed at as able to laugh.” Michel de Montaigne
Human Nature, Humor, Self-awareness, Irony, Perspective
Michel de Montaigne Human Nature, Humor, Self-awareness, Irony, Perspective“To distract myself from tiresome thoughts, I have only to resort to books; they easily draw my mind to themselves and away from other things.” Michel de Montaigne
Books, Distraction, Mental Health, Reading, Solace
Michel de Montaigne Books, Distraction, Mental Health, Reading, Solace