Oh these foolish men! They could not create so much as a worm, but they create gods by the dozens.
Michel de Montaigne
Religion, Human Nature, Creation, Hubris, Critique
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“Only the fools are certain and assured.” Michel de Montaigne
Certainty, Foolishness, Wisdom, Doubt, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Certainty, Foolishness, Wisdom, Doubt, Human Nature“The oldest and best known evil was ever more supportable than one that was new and untried.” Michel de Montaigne
Familiarity, Change, Human Nature, Fear, Adversity
Michel de Montaigne Familiarity, Change, Human Nature, Fear, Adversity“Custom is a second nature, and no less powerful.” Michel de Montaigne
Habit, Human Nature, Power, Behavior, Social Norms
Michel de Montaigne Habit, Human Nature, Power, Behavior, Social Norms“Long life, and short, are by death made all one; for there is no long, nor short, to things that are no more.” Michel de Montaigne
Death, Time, Perspective, Mortality, Philosophy
Michel de Montaigne Death, Time, Perspective, Mortality, Philosophy“Children's games are hardly games. Children are never more serious than when they play.” Michel de Montaigne
Childhood, Play, Seriousness, Human Nature, Observation
Michel de Montaigne Childhood, Play, Seriousness, Human Nature, Observation“Greatness of soul consists not so much in soaring high and in pressing forward, as in knowing how to adapt and limit oneself.” Michel de Montaigne
Greatness, Adaptation, Self-limitation, Wisdom, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Greatness, Adaptation, Self-limitation, Wisdom, Human Nature“I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.” Michel de Montaigne
Civility, Courtesy, Excess, Human Nature, Social Interaction
Michel de Montaigne Civility, Courtesy, Excess, Human Nature, Social Interaction“Nature has, herself, I fear, imprinted in man a kind of instinct to inhumanity.” Michel de Montaigne
Human Nature, Inhumanity, Instinct, Critique, Philosophy
Michel de Montaigne Human Nature, Inhumanity, Instinct, Critique, Philosophy“There is as much difference between us and ourselves as there is between us and others.” Michel de Montaigne
Self-perception, Change, Human Nature, Identity, Psychology
Michel de Montaigne Self-perception, Change, Human Nature, Identity, Psychology“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“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“We are more unhappy to see people ahead of us than happy to see people behind us.” Michel de Montaigne
Envy, Comparison, Human Nature, Happiness, Social Dynamics
Michel de Montaigne Envy, Comparison, Human Nature, Happiness, Social Dynamics“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“The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.” Michel de Montaigne
Joy, Gravity, Emotion, Depth, Human Experience
Michel de Montaigne Joy, Gravity, Emotion, Depth, Human Experience“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“Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.” Michel de Montaigne
Belief, Knowledge, Human Nature, Psychology, Ignorance
Michel de Montaigne Belief, Knowledge, Human Nature, Psychology, Ignorance“Man in sooth is a marvellous, vain, fickle, and unstable subject.” Michel de Montaigne
Human Nature, Vanity, Instability, Psychology, Philosophy
Michel de Montaigne Human Nature, Vanity, Instability, Psychology, Philosophy“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