The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold. The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war betwixt princes.
Michel de Montaigne
Equality, Human Nature, Conflict, Social Hierarchy, Universality
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“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“A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.” Michel de Montaigne
Fear, Suffering, Anticipation, Psychology, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Fear, Suffering, Anticipation, Psychology, Human Nature“Speech belongs half to the speaker, half to the listener. The latter must prepare to receive it according to the motion it takes.” Michel de Montaigne
Communication, Understanding, Responsibility, Wisdom, Human Interaction
Michel de Montaigne Communication, Understanding, Responsibility, Wisdom, Human Interaction“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“Nothing prints more lively in our minds than something we wish to forget.” Michel de Montaigne
Memory, Forgetting, Human Nature, Psychology, Mind
Michel de Montaigne Memory, Forgetting, Human Nature, Psychology, Mind“We are all patchwork, and so shapeless and diverse in composition that each bit, each moment, plays its own game.” Michel de Montaigne
Human Nature, Diversity, Complexity, Individuality, Change
Michel de Montaigne Human Nature, Diversity, Complexity, Individuality, Change“How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!” Michel de Montaigne
Justice, Judgment, Morality, Societal Critique, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Justice, Judgment, Morality, Societal Critique, Human Nature“From Obedience and submission comes all our virtues, and all sin is comes from self-opinion.” Michel de Montaigne
Virtue, Obedience, Sin, Self-opinion, Morality
Michel de Montaigne Virtue, Obedience, Sin, Self-opinion, Morality“He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.” Michel de Montaigne
Fear, Suffering, Anticipation, Psychology, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Fear, Suffering, Anticipation, Psychology, Human Nature“Our religion is made to eradicate vices, instead it encourages them, covers them, and nurtures them.” Michel de Montaigne
Religion, Vice, Hypocrisy, Human Nature, Critique
Michel de Montaigne Religion, Vice, Hypocrisy, Human Nature, Critique“Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.” Michel de Montaigne
Honesty, Thought, Speech, Integrity, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Honesty, Thought, Speech, Integrity, Human Nature“We are nothing but ceremony; ceremony carries us away, and we leave the substance of things; we hang on to the branches and abandon the trunk and body.” Michel de Montaigne
Ceremony, Substance, Human Nature, Critique, Metaphor
Michel de Montaigne Ceremony, Substance, Human Nature, Critique, Metaphor“The general order of things that takes care of fleas and moles also takes care of men, if they will have the same patience that fleas and moles have, to leave it to itself.” Michel de Montaigne
Nature, Patience, Human Condition, Order, Philosophical Reflection
Michel de Montaigne Nature, Patience, Human Condition, Order, Philosophical Reflection“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“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“God defend me from being an honest man according to the description which every day I see made by each man to his own glorification.” Michel de Montaigne
Honesty, Self-perception, Societal Norms, Critique, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Honesty, Self-perception, Societal Norms, Critique, Human Nature“To smell, though well, is to stink.” Michel de Montaigne
Perception, Senses, Paradox, Human Nature, Perspective
Michel de Montaigne Perception, Senses, Paradox, Human Nature, Perspective“Wherever your life ends, it is all there. The utility of living consists not in the length of days, but in the use of time; a man may have lived long, and yet lived but a little. Make use of time while it is present with you. It depends upon your will, and not upon the number of days, to have a sufficient length of life.” Michel de Montaigne
Life, Time, Purpose, Mortality, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Life, Time, Purpose, Mortality, Wisdom