Tortures are a dangerous invention, and seem to be a test of endurance rather than of truth.
Michel de Montaigne
Torture, Truth, Justice, Human Rights, Critique
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“Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.” Michel de Montaigne
Valor, Courage, Strength, Character, Human Spirit
Michel de Montaigne Valor, Courage, Strength, Character, Human Spirit“I may indeed very well happen to contradict myself; but truth, as Demades said, I do not contradict.” Michel de Montaigne
Truth, Contradiction, Self-awareness, Human Nature, Philosophy
Michel de Montaigne Truth, Contradiction, Self-awareness, Human Nature, Philosophy“Who ever saw a doctor use the prescription of his colleague without cutting out or adding something?” Michel de Montaigne
Individuality, Profession, Ego, Human Nature, Critique
Michel de Montaigne Individuality, Profession, Ego, Human Nature, Critique“There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.” Michel de Montaigne
Conversation, Disagreement, Diversity, Human Nature, Intellectual Stimulation
Michel de Montaigne Conversation, Disagreement, Diversity, Human Nature, Intellectual Stimulation“I see several animals that live so entire and perfect a life, some without sight, others without hearing: who knows whether to us also one, two, or three, or many other senses, may not be wanting?” Michel de Montaigne
Perception, Senses, Human Nature, Limitations, Philosophy
Michel de Montaigne Perception, Senses, Human Nature, Limitations, Philosophy“Saying is one thing, doing another. We must consider the sermon and the preacher distinctly and apart.” Michel de Montaigne
Action, Words, Judgment, Integrity, Human Behavior
Michel de Montaigne Action, Words, Judgment, Integrity, Human Behavior“A lady could not boast of her chastity who was never tempted.” Michel de Montaigne
Virtue, Temptation, Human Nature, Morality, Experience
Michel de Montaigne Virtue, Temptation, Human Nature, Morality, Experience“My reason is not framed to bend or stoop: my knees are.” Michel de Montaigne
Reason, Flexibility, Pride, Human Nature, Metaphor
Michel de Montaigne Reason, Flexibility, Pride, Human Nature, Metaphor“The wise man should withdraw his soul within, out of the crowd, and keep it in freedom and power to judge things freely; but as for externals, he should wholly follow the accepted fashions and forms.” Michel de Montaigne
Wisdom, Individuality, Judgment, Society, Conformity
Michel de Montaigne Wisdom, Individuality, Judgment, Society, Conformity“There is no passion so much transports the sincerity of judgment as doth anger.” Michel de Montaigne
Anger, Judgment, Passion, Emotion, Human Behavior
Michel de Montaigne Anger, Judgment, Passion, Emotion, Human Behavior“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“Habituation puts to sleep the eye of our judgment.” Michel de Montaigne
Habit, Judgment, Perception, Human Nature, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Habit, Judgment, Perception, Human Nature, Wisdom“I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.” Michel de Montaigne
Self-awareness, Purpose, Uncertainty, Life Journey, Human Condition
Michel de Montaigne Self-awareness, Purpose, Uncertainty, Life Journey, Human Condition“To make judgements about great and lofty things, a soul of the same stature is needed; otherwise we ascribe to them that vice which is our own.” Michel de Montaigne
Judgment, Greatness, Perception, Human Nature, Self-awareness
Michel de Montaigne Judgment, Greatness, Perception, Human Nature, Self-awareness“The first distinction among men, and the first consideration that gave one precedence over another, was doubtless the advantage of beauty.” Michel de Montaigne
Beauty, Human Nature, Social Hierarchy, Perception, Superficiality
Michel de Montaigne Beauty, Human Nature, Social Hierarchy, Perception, Superficiality“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“A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.” Michel de Montaigne
Wisdom, Restraint, Perception, Moderation, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Wisdom, Restraint, Perception, Moderation, Human Nature“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