Laws are often made by fools, and even more often by men who fail in equity because they hate equality: but always by men, vain authorities who can resolve nothing.
Michel de Montaigne
Law, Foolishness, Equality, Authority, Human Nature
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“Friendship is a creature formed for a companionship not for a herd.” Michel de Montaigne
Friendship, Individuality, Human Connection, Social Dynamics, Intimacy
Michel de Montaigne Friendship, Individuality, Human Connection, Social Dynamics, Intimacy“Ambition is not a vice of little people.” Michel de Montaigne
Ambition, Character, Human Nature, Greatness, Motivation
Michel de Montaigne Ambition, Character, Human Nature, Greatness, Motivation“Decency, not to dare to do that in public which it is decent enough to do in private.” Michel de Montaigne
Decency, Public Behavior, Privacy, Social Norms, Morality
Michel de Montaigne Decency, Public Behavior, Privacy, Social Norms, Morality“Vice leaves repentance in the soul, like an ulcer in the flesh, which is always scratching and lacerating itself; for reason effaces all other griefs and sorrows, but it begets that of repentance.” Michel de Montaigne
Vice, Repentance, Conscience, Moral Suffering, Human Psychology
Michel de Montaigne Vice, Repentance, Conscience, Moral Suffering, Human Psychology“I know that the arms of friendship are long enough to reach from the one end of the world to the other.” Michel de Montaigne
Friendship, Connection, Human Relationships, Universality, Love
Michel de Montaigne Friendship, Connection, Human Relationships, Universality, Love“The soul that has no established aim loses itself.” Michel de Montaigne
Purpose, Direction, Soul, Human Nature, Life Goals
Michel de Montaigne Purpose, Direction, Soul, Human Nature, Life Goals“Disappointment and feebleness imprint upon us a cowardly and valetudinarian virtue.” Michel de Montaigne
Disappointment, Weakness, Virtue, Cowardice, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Disappointment, Weakness, Virtue, Cowardice, Human Nature“All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it quietly.” Michel de Montaigne
Fame, Quiet Life, Simplicity, Contentment, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Fame, Quiet Life, Simplicity, Contentment, Wisdom“The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One.” Michel de Montaigne
Spirituality, Metaphysics, Reality, Perception, Unity
Michel de Montaigne Spirituality, Metaphysics, Reality, Perception, Unity“Among the liberal arts, let us begin with the art that liberates us.” Michel de Montaigne
Liberal Arts, Freedom, Education, Human Nature, Philosophy
Michel de Montaigne Liberal Arts, Freedom, Education, Human Nature, Philosophy“Health is a precious thing, and the only one, in truth, meriting that a man should lay out not only his time, sweat, labor and goods, but also life itself to obtain it.” Michel de Montaigne
Health, Value, Priorities, Life, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Health, Value, Priorities, Life, Human Nature“To die is not to play a part in society; it is the act of a single person. Let us live and laugh among our friends; let us die and sulk among strangers.” Michel de Montaigne
Death, Individuality, Friendship, Society, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Death, Individuality, Friendship, 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“It is a disaster that wisdom forbids you to be satisfied with yourself and always sends you away dissatisfied and fearful, whereas stubbornness and foolhardiness fill their hosts with joy and assurance.” Michel de Montaigne
Wisdom, Satisfaction, Fear, Stubbornness, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Wisdom, Satisfaction, Fear, Stubbornness, Human Nature“Off I go, rummaging about in books for sayings which please me.” Michel de Montaigne
Reading, Pleasure, Wisdom, Learning, Self-education
Michel de Montaigne Reading, Pleasure, Wisdom, Learning, Self-education“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“We do not marry for ourselves, whatever we say; we marry just as much or more for our posterity, for our family. The practice and benefit of marriage concerns our race very far beyond us.” Michel de Montaigne
Marriage, Family, Posterity, Human Nature, Societal Impact
Michel de Montaigne Marriage, Family, Posterity, Human Nature, Societal Impact“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