Live as long as you please, you will strike nothing off the time you will have to spend dead.
Michel de Montaigne
Mortality, Life, Time, Perspective, Human Condition
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“Nothing else but an insatiate thirst of enjoying a greedily desired object.” Michel de Montaigne
Desire, Pleasure, Human Nature, Indulgence, Passion
Michel de Montaigne Desire, Pleasure, Human Nature, Indulgence, Passion“Let us give Nature a chance; she knows her business better than we do.” Michel de Montaigne
Nature, Wisdom, Humility, Human Intervention, Trust
Michel de Montaigne Nature, Wisdom, Humility, Human Intervention, Trust“No pleasure is fully delightful without communications, and no delight absolute except imparted.” Michel de Montaigne
Pleasure, Communication, Sharing, Human Connection, Joy
Michel de Montaigne Pleasure, Communication, Sharing, Human Connection, Joy“Experience has further taught me this, that we ruin ourselves by impatience.” Michel de Montaigne
Patience, Experience, Self-destruction, Wisdom, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Patience, Experience, Self-destruction, Wisdom, Human Nature“Wisdom has its excesses, and has no less need of moderation than folly.” Michel de Montaigne
Wisdom, Moderation, Excess, Balance, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Wisdom, Moderation, Excess, Balance, Human Nature“The worst condition of humans is when they lose knowledge and control of themselves.” Michel de Montaigne
Self-control, Knowledge, Human Condition, Wisdom, Awareness
Michel de Montaigne Self-control, Knowledge, Human Condition, Wisdom, Awareness“We must not attach knowledge to the mind; we have to incorporate it there.” Michel de Montaigne
Knowledge, Learning, Understanding, Education, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Knowledge, Learning, Understanding, Education, Wisdom“The day of your birth leads you to death as well as to life.” Michel de Montaigne
Birth, Death, Life Cycle, Human Condition, Philosophy
Michel de Montaigne Birth, Death, Life Cycle, Human Condition, Philosophy“It is not a mind, it is not a body that we educate, but it is a man, and we must not make two parts of him.” Michel de Montaigne
Education, Holistic Approach, Human Nature, Mind-body Connection, Personal Development
Michel de Montaigne Education, Holistic Approach, Human Nature, Mind-body Connection, Personal Development“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“Judgement can do without knowledge: but not knowledge without judgement.” Michel de Montaigne
Judgment, Knowledge, Wisdom, Human Nature, Intellect
Michel de Montaigne Judgment, Knowledge, Wisdom, Human Nature, Intellect“Not only does the wind of accidents stir me according to its blowing, but I am also stirred and troubled by the instability of my attitude.” Michel de Montaigne
Change, Attitude, Instability, Self-awareness, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Change, Attitude, Instability, Self-awareness, Human Nature“When I express my opinions it is so as to reveal the measure of my sight not the measure of the thing.” Michel de Montaigne
Opinion, Perspective, Self-awareness, Communication, Humility
Michel de Montaigne Opinion, Perspective, Self-awareness, Communication, Humility“A man has need of tough ears to hear himself fairly judged.” Michel de Montaigne
Judgment, Self-awareness, Criticism, Human Nature, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Judgment, Self-awareness, Criticism, Human Nature, Wisdom“I do not teach. I relate.” Michel de Montaigne
Teaching, Storytelling, Communication, Wisdom, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Teaching, Storytelling, Communication, Wisdom, Human Nature“It would be better to have no laws at all, than to have too many.” Michel de Montaigne
Law, Governance, Society, Moderation, Critique
Michel de Montaigne Law, Governance, Society, Moderation, Critique“Those things that are dearest to us have cost us the most.” Michel de Montaigne
Value, Cost, Attachment, Human Nature, Priorities
Michel de Montaigne Value, Cost, Attachment, Human Nature, Priorities“Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.” Michel de Montaigne
Lying, Memory, Honesty, Human Behavior, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Lying, Memory, Honesty, Human Behavior, Wisdom