Valor is strength, not of legs and arms, but of heart and soul; it consists not in the worth of our horse or our weapons, but in our own.
Michel de Montaigne
Valor, Strength, Character, Human Nature, Inner Qualities
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“If I were a maker of books I should compile a register, with comments, of different deaths. He who should teach people to die, would teach them to live.” Michel de Montaigne
Death, Life, Wisdom, Education, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Death, Life, Wisdom, Education, Human Nature“Neither good nor ill is done to us by Fortune: she merely offers us the matter and the seeds: our soul, more powerful than she is, can mould it or sow them as she pleases, being the only cause and mistress of our happy state or our unhappiness.” Michel de Montaigne
Fortune, Free Will, Happiness, Soul, Personal Responsibility
Michel de Montaigne Fortune, Free Will, Happiness, Soul, Personal Responsibility“The most evident token and apparent sign of true wisdom is a constant and unconstrained rejoicing.” Michel de Montaigne
Wisdom, Joy, Happiness, Human Nature, Philosophy
Michel de Montaigne Wisdom, Joy, Happiness, Human Nature, Philosophy“A speech belongs half to the speaker and half to the listener.” Michel de Montaigne
Communication, Understanding, Responsibility, Human Interaction, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Communication, Understanding, Responsibility, Human Interaction, Wisdom“If faces were not alike, we could not distinguish men from beasts; if they were not different, we could not tell one man from another.” Michel de Montaigne
Individuality, Similarity, Identity, Human Nature, Perception
Michel de Montaigne Individuality, Similarity, Identity, Human Nature, Perception“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“I seek in books only to give myself pleasure by honest amusement; or if I study, I seek only the learning that treats of the knowledge of myself and instructs me in how to die well and live well.” Michel de Montaigne
Reading, Pleasure, Self-knowledge, Wisdom, Life And Death
Michel de Montaigne Reading, Pleasure, Self-knowledge, Wisdom, Life And Death“Truly Philosophy is but sophisticated poetry. Whence do those ancient writers derive all their authority but from the poets?” Michel de Montaigne
Philosophy, Poetry, Authority, Wisdom, Creative Expression
Michel de Montaigne Philosophy, Poetry, Authority, Wisdom, Creative Expression“He that I am reading seems always to have the most force.” Michel de Montaigne
Reading, Influence, Perception, Learning, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Reading, Influence, Perception, Learning, Human Nature“To philosophize is nothing else than to prepare oneself for death.” Michel de Montaigne
Philosophy, Death, Preparation, Wisdom, Life Purpose
Michel de Montaigne Philosophy, Death, Preparation, Wisdom, Life Purpose“Fortune does us neither good nor hurt; she only presents us the matter, and the seed, which our soul, more powerfully than she, turns and applies as she best pleases; being the sole cause and sovereign mistress of her own happy or unhappy condition.” Michel de Montaigne
Fortune, Free Will, Happiness, Human Nature, Responsibility
Michel de Montaigne Fortune, Free Will, Happiness, Human Nature, Responsibility“Among the liberal arts, let us begin with the art that liberates us.” Michel de Montaigne
Liberal Arts, Freedom, Education, Human Nature, Philosophy
Michel de Montaigne Liberal Arts, Freedom, Education, Human Nature, Philosophy“We ought to love temperance for itself, and in obedience to God who has commanded it and chastity; but what I am forced to by catarrhs, or owe to the stone, is neither chastity nor temperance.” Michel de Montaigne
Virtue, Temperance, Religion, Health, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Virtue, Temperance, Religion, Health, Human Nature“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“No-one is exempt from speaking nonsense – the only misfortune is to do it solemnly.” Michel de Montaigne
Foolishness, Speech, Humor, Human Nature, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Foolishness, Speech, Humor, Human Nature, Wisdom“Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.” Michel de Montaigne
Ignorance, Comfort, Knowledge, Human Nature, Irony
Michel de Montaigne Ignorance, Comfort, Knowledge, Human Nature, Irony“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