Nature is a gentle guide, but not more sweet and gentle than prudent and just.
Michel de Montaigne
Nature, Guidance, Prudence, Justice, Wisdom
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“There is some shadow of delight and delicacy which smiles upon and flatters us even in the very lap of melancholy.” Michel de Montaigne
Melancholy, Joy, Human Emotion, Duality, Emotional Complexity
Michel de Montaigne Melancholy, Joy, Human Emotion, Duality, Emotional Complexity“I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it.” Michel de Montaigne
Truth-seeking, Debate, Education, Philosophy, Intellectual Humility
Michel de Montaigne Truth-seeking, Debate, Education, Philosophy, Intellectual Humility“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“It is indeed the boundary of life, beyond which we are not to pass; which the law of nature has pitched for a limit not to be exceeded.” Michel de Montaigne
Life, Boundaries, Nature, Limits, Human Condition
Michel de Montaigne Life, Boundaries, Nature, Limits, Human Condition“There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.” Michel de Montaigne
Lifelong Learning, Age, Wisdom, Personal Growth, Time Management
Michel de Montaigne Lifelong Learning, Age, Wisdom, Personal Growth, Time Management“Travelling through the world produces a marvellous clarity in the judgment of men. We are all of us confined and enclosed within ourselves, and see no farther than the end of our nose.” Michel de Montaigne
Travel, Judgment, Perspective, Human Nature, Self-awareness
Michel de Montaigne Travel, Judgment, Perspective, Human Nature, Self-awareness“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“To say less of yourself than is true is stupidity, not modesty. To pay yourself less than you are worth is cowardice and pusillanimity.” Michel de Montaigne
Self-worth, Honesty, Modesty, Courage, Integrity
Michel de Montaigne Self-worth, Honesty, Modesty, Courage, Integrity“Plenty and indigence depend upon the opinion every one has of them; and riches, like glory of health, have no more beauty or pleasure than their possessor is pleaded to lend them.” Michel de Montaigne
Wealth, Perception, Subjectivity, Human Nature, Happiness
Michel de Montaigne Wealth, Perception, Subjectivity, Human Nature, Happiness“No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.” Michel de Montaigne
Pleasure, Communication, Human Nature, Social Interaction, Happiness
Michel de Montaigne Pleasure, Communication, Human Nature, Social Interaction, Happiness“All permanent decisions are made in a temporary state of mind.” Michel de Montaigne
Decision-making, Impermanence, Human Nature, Wisdom, Psychology
Michel de Montaigne Decision-making, Impermanence, Human Nature, Wisdom, Psychology“Everyone calls barbarity what he is not accustomed to.” Michel de Montaigne
Cultural Relativism, Prejudice, Perspective, Human Nature, Societal Norms
Michel de Montaigne Cultural Relativism, Prejudice, Perspective, Human Nature, Societal Norms“No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.” Michel de Montaigne
Foolishness, Speech, Intention, Human Nature, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Foolishness, Speech, Intention, Human Nature, Wisdom“Everyone gives the title of barbarism to everything that is not in use in his own country.” Michel de Montaigne
Cultural Relativism, Prejudice, Ethnocentrism, Perspective, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Cultural Relativism, Prejudice, Ethnocentrism, Perspective, Human Nature“I walk firmer and more secure uphill than down.” Michel de Montaigne
Challenge, Confidence, Human Nature, Metaphor, Perspective
Michel de Montaigne Challenge, Confidence, Human Nature, Metaphor, Perspective“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“I had rather complain of ill-fortune than be ashamed of victory.” Michel de Montaigne
Fortune, Victory, Pride, Human Nature, Perspective
Michel de Montaigne Fortune, Victory, Pride, Human Nature, Perspective“Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.” Michel de Montaigne
Fame, Tranquility, Incompatibility, Human Nature, Ambition
Michel de Montaigne Fame, Tranquility, Incompatibility, Human Nature, Ambition