Nothing else but an insatiate thirst of enjoying a greedily desired object.
Michel de Montaigne
Desire, Pleasure, Human Nature, Indulgence, Passion
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“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“The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar.” Michel de Montaigne
Language, Conflict, Human Nature, Communication, Critique
Michel de Montaigne Language, Conflict, Human Nature, Communication, Critique“We find our energies are actually cramped when we are overanxious to succeed.” Michel de Montaigne
Anxiety, Success, Energy, Human Nature, Psychology
Michel de Montaigne Anxiety, Success, Energy, Human Nature, Psychology“There is no doubt that Greek and Latin are great and handsome ornaments, but we buy them too dear.” Michel de Montaigne
Education, Languages, Value, Critique, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Education, Languages, Value, Critique, Wisdom“Our speech has its weaknesses and its defects, like all the rest. Most of the occasions for the troubles of the world are grammatical.” Michel de Montaigne
Language, Communication, Human Nature, Conflict, Critique
Michel de Montaigne Language, Communication, Human Nature, Conflict, Critique“No noble thing can be done without risks.” Michel de Montaigne
Nobility, Risk, Courage, Achievement, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Nobility, Risk, Courage, Achievement, Human Nature“No one but yourself knows whether you are cowardly and cruel, or loyal and devout; others do not see you; they surmise you by uncertain conjectures; they perceive not so much your nature as your art.” Michel de Montaigne
Self-knowledge, Perception, Judgment, Human Nature, Appearance
Michel de Montaigne Self-knowledge, Perception, Judgment, Human Nature, Appearance“Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.” Michel de Montaigne
Love, Perception, Reality, Dreams, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Love, Perception, Reality, Dreams, Human Nature“The study of books is a drowsy and feeble exercise which does not warm you up.” Michel de Montaigne
Reading, Learning, Action, Knowledge, Critique
Michel de Montaigne Reading, Learning, Action, Knowledge, Critique“You have your face bare; I am all face.” Michel de Montaigne
Identity, Appearance, Authenticity, Self-expression, Metaphor
Michel de Montaigne Identity, Appearance, Authenticity, Self-expression, Metaphor“If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.” Michel de Montaigne
Love, Reason, Individuality, Human Connection, Emotional Depth
Michel de Montaigne Love, Reason, Individuality, Human Connection, Emotional Depth“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“Pleasure itself is painful at the bottom.” Michel de Montaigne
Pleasure, Pain, Duality, Human Experience, Philosophy
Michel de Montaigne Pleasure, Pain, Duality, Human Experience, Philosophy“Presumption is our natural and original malady. The most vulnerable and frail of all creatures is man, and at the same time the most arrogant.” Michel de Montaigne
Presumption, Human Nature, Vulnerability, Arrogance, Paradox
Michel de Montaigne Presumption, Human Nature, Vulnerability, Arrogance, Paradox“Others form man; I tell of him, and portray a particular one, very ill-formed, whom I should really make very different from what he is if I had to fashion him over again. But now it is done.” Michel de Montaigne
Humanity, Individuality, Self-reflection, Imperfection, Acceptance
Michel de Montaigne Humanity, Individuality, Self-reflection, Imperfection, Acceptance“It is not reasonable that art should win the place of honor over our great and powerful mother Nature. We have so overloaded the beauty and richness of her works by our inventions that we have quite smothered her.” Michel de Montaigne
Nature, Art, Human Intervention, Beauty, Critique
Michel de Montaigne Nature, Art, Human Intervention, Beauty, Critique“There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.” Michel de Montaigne
Communication, Pleasure, Thoughts, Loneliness, Human Connection
Michel de Montaigne Communication, Pleasure, Thoughts, Loneliness, Human Connection