It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
Michel de Montaigne
Death, Fear, Human Nature, Mortality, Wisdom
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“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“It is a stupid presumption to go about despising and condemning as false anything that seems to us improbable; this is a common fault in those who think they have more intelligence than the crowd.” Michel de Montaigne
Presumption, Judgment, Intelligence, Open-mindedness, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Presumption, Judgment, Intelligence, Open-mindedness, Human Nature“The memory represents to us not what we choose but what it pleases.” Michel de Montaigne
Memory, Human Mind, Control, Perception, Psychology
Michel de Montaigne Memory, Human Mind, Control, Perception, Psychology“Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one's own goodness.” Michel de Montaigne
Confidence, Goodness, Human Nature, Trust, Virtue
Michel de Montaigne Confidence, Goodness, Human Nature, Trust, Virtue“One should always have one's boots on and be ready to leave.” Michel de Montaigne
Readiness, Adaptability, Life Philosophy, Wisdom, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Readiness, Adaptability, Life Philosophy, Wisdom, Human Nature“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“We have so much ill fortune as inconstancy, or so much bad purpose as folly, we are not so full of evil as we are of inanity; we are not so wretched as we are base.” Michel de Montaigne
Human Nature, Fortune, Folly, Evil, Baseness
Michel de Montaigne Human Nature, Fortune, Folly, Evil, Baseness“Who is it that does not voluntarily exchange his health, his repose, and his very life for reputation and glory? The most useless, frivolous, and false coin that passes current among us.” Michel de Montaigne
Reputation, Glory, Values, Critique, Human Folly
Michel de Montaigne Reputation, Glory, Values, Critique, Human Folly“The first distinction among men, and the first consideration that gave one precedence over another, was doubtless the advantage of beauty.” Michel de Montaigne
Beauty, Human Nature, Social Hierarchy, Perception, Superficiality
Michel de Montaigne Beauty, Human Nature, Social Hierarchy, Perception, Superficiality“Since I would rather make of him an able man than a learned man, I would also urge that care be taken to choose a guide with a well-made rather than a well-filled head.” Michel de Montaigne
Education, Wisdom, Ability, Knowledge, Human Development
Michel de Montaigne Education, Wisdom, Ability, Knowledge, Human Development“When I am attached by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.” Michel de Montaigne
Books, Reading, Mental Health, Solace, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Books, Reading, Mental Health, Solace, 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“Petty vexations may at times be petty, but still they are vexations. The smallest and most inconsiderable annoyances are the most piercing. As small letters weary the eye most, so the smallest affairs disturb us most.” Michel de Montaigne
Annoyance, Perspective, Human Nature, Daily Life, Emotional Impact
Michel de Montaigne Annoyance, Perspective, Human Nature, Daily Life, Emotional Impact“In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection; otherwise you only make so many asses laden with books.” Michel de Montaigne
Education, Interest, Affection, Learning, Critique
Michel de Montaigne Education, Interest, Affection, Learning, Critique“Human understanding is marvellously enlightened by daily conversation with men, for we are, otherwise, compressed and heaped up in ourselves, and have our sight limited to the length of our own noses.” Michel de Montaigne
Understanding, Conversation, Perspective, Human Nature, Social Interaction
Michel de Montaigne Understanding, Conversation, Perspective, Human Nature, Social Interaction“We need to interpret interpretations more than to interpret things.” Michel de Montaigne
Interpretation, Knowledge, Philosophy, Human Nature, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Interpretation, Knowledge, Philosophy, Human Nature, Wisdom“On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.” Michel de Montaigne
Humility, Power, Human Nature, Perspective, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Humility, Power, Human Nature, Perspective, Wisdom“Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart. If I were pressed to say why I loved him, I feel that my only reply could be: Because it was he, because it was I.” Michel de Montaigne
Love, Rules, Heart, Individuality, Relationships
Michel de Montaigne Love, Rules, Heart, Individuality, Relationships