The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
Michel de Montaigne
Courage, Virtue, Human Nature, Valor, Character
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“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“To know much is often the cause of doubting more.” Michel de Montaigne
Knowledge, Doubt, Wisdom, Learning, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Knowledge, Doubt, Wisdom, Learning, Human Nature“Every man carries the entire form of human condition.” Michel de Montaigne
Human Condition, Universality, Individuality, Philosophy, Existence
Michel de Montaigne Human Condition, Universality, Individuality, Philosophy, Existence“There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.” Michel de Montaigne
Family, Governance, Responsibility, Human Nature, Leadership
Michel de Montaigne Family, Governance, Responsibility, Human Nature, Leadership“Make use of life while you have it. Whether you have lived enough depends upon yourself, not on the number of your years.” Michel de Montaigne
Life, Time, Purpose, Self-determination, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Life, Time, Purpose, Self-determination, Wisdom“Malice sucks up the greatest part of its own venom, and poisons itself.” Michel de Montaigne
Malice, Self-destruction, Human Nature, Morality, Consequences
Michel de Montaigne Malice, Self-destruction, Human Nature, Morality, Consequences“A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.” Michel de Montaigne
Wisdom, Self-possession, Inner Wealth, Philosophy, Resilience
Michel de Montaigne Wisdom, Self-possession, Inner Wealth, Philosophy, Resilience“If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.” Michel de Montaigne
Self-perception, Identity, Perspective, Introspection, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Self-perception, Identity, Perspective, Introspection, Human Nature“Diogenes was asked what wine he liked best; and he answered as I would have done when he said, "Somebody else's".” Michel de Montaigne
Humor, Desire, Human Nature, Philosophy, Wit
Michel de Montaigne Humor, Desire, Human Nature, Philosophy, Wit“Difficulty is a coin which the learned conjure with so as not to reveal the vanity of their studies and which human stupidity is keen to accept in payment.” Michel de Montaigne
Knowledge, Learning, Vanity, Human Nature, Intellectual Critique
Michel de Montaigne Knowledge, Learning, Vanity, Human Nature, Intellectual Critique“This idea is more surely understood by interrogation; WHAT DO I KNOW? which I bear as my motto with the emblem of a pair of scales.” Michel de Montaigne
Knowledge, Questioning, Wisdom, Philosophy, Self-awareness
Michel de Montaigne Knowledge, Questioning, Wisdom, Philosophy, Self-awareness“The Emperor Conrad III had besieged Guelph, Duke of Bavaria; no matter how base and cowardly were the satisfactions offered him, the most generous condition he would vouchsafe was to allow the noblewomen who had been besieged with the Duke to come out honourably on foot, together with whatever they could carry on their persons. They, with greatness of heart, decided to carry out on their shoulders their husbands, their children and the Duke himself.” Michel de Montaigne
Honor, Love, Sacrifice, Ingenuity, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Honor, Love, Sacrifice, Ingenuity, Human Nature“It is a thorny undertaking, and more so than it seems, to follow a movement so wandering as that of our mind, to penetrate the opaque depths of its innermost folds, to pick out and immobilize the innumerable flutterings that agitate it.” Michel de Montaigne
Mind, Introspection, Complexity, Self-awareness, Philosophy
Michel de Montaigne Mind, Introspection, Complexity, Self-awareness, Philosophy“True freedom is to have power over oneself for everything.” Michel de Montaigne
Freedom, Self-control, Power, Human Nature, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Freedom, Self-control, Power, Human Nature, Wisdom“Lovers are angry, reconciled, entreat, thank, appoint, and finally speak all things, by their.” Michel de Montaigne
Love, Communication, Relationships, Human Nature, Emotions
Michel de Montaigne Love, Communication, Relationships, Human Nature, Emotions“We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by thoughts about life.” Michel de Montaigne
Life, Death, Anxiety, Human Nature, Philosophy
Michel de Montaigne Life, Death, Anxiety, Human Nature, Philosophy“Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity.” Michel de Montaigne
Honesty, Integrity, Trust, Human Nature, Relationships
Michel de Montaigne Honesty, Integrity, Trust, Human Nature, Relationships“There were many terrible things in my life and most of them never happened.” Michel de Montaigne
Anxiety, Perception, Imagination, Reality, Human Experience
Michel de Montaigne Anxiety, Perception, Imagination, Reality, Human Experience