Vice leaves repentance in the soul, like an ulcer in the flesh, which is always scratching and lacerating itself; for reason effaces all other griefs and sorrows, but it begets that of repentance.
Michel de Montaigne
Vice, Repentance, Conscience, Moral Suffering, Human Psychology
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“Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.” Michel de Montaigne
Patience, Experience, Misfortune, Wisdom, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Patience, Experience, Misfortune, Wisdom, Human Nature“A man should ever be ready booted to take his journey.” Michel de Montaigne
Readiness, Journey, Life, Preparedness, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Readiness, Journey, Life, Preparedness, Wisdom“We imagine much more appropriately an artisan on his toilet seat or on his wife than a great president, venerable by his demeanor and his ability. It seems to us that they do not stoop from their lofty thrones even to live.” Michel de Montaigne
Perception, Power, Human Nature, Equality, Critique
Michel de Montaigne Perception, Power, Human Nature, Equality, Critique“Who is it that does not voluntarily exchange his health, his repose, and his very life for reputation and glory? The most useless, frivolous, and false coin that passes current among us.” Michel de Montaigne
Reputation, Glory, Values, Critique, Human Folly
Michel de Montaigne Reputation, Glory, Values, Critique, Human Folly“Without doubt, it is a delightful harmony when doing and saying go together.” Michel de Montaigne
Harmony, Action, Words, Integrity, Consistency
Michel de Montaigne Harmony, Action, Words, Integrity, Consistency“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“Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.” Michel de Montaigne
Memory, Forgetting, Human Nature, Psychology, Paradox
Michel de Montaigne Memory, Forgetting, Human Nature, Psychology, Paradox“The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.” Michel de Montaigne
Character, Adaptability, Human Nature, Wisdom, Excellence
Michel de Montaigne Character, Adaptability, Human Nature, Wisdom, Excellence“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“God is favorable to those whom he makes to die by degrees; 'tis the only benefit of old age. The last death will be so much the less painful: it will kill but a quarter of a man or but half a one at most.” Michel de Montaigne
Aging, Death, God, Perspective, Human Condition
Michel de Montaigne Aging, Death, God, Perspective, Human Condition“The only thing certain is nothing is certain.” Michel de Montaigne
Uncertainty, Philosophy, Knowledge, Skepticism, Human Condition
Michel de Montaigne Uncertainty, Philosophy, Knowledge, Skepticism, Human Condition“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“It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.” Michel de Montaigne
Morality, Opinion, Human Nature, Paradox, Self-awareness
Michel de Montaigne Morality, Opinion, Human Nature, Paradox, Self-awareness“On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.” Michel de Montaigne
Humility, Power, Human Nature, Perspective, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Humility, Power, Human Nature, Perspective, Wisdom“If I can, I shall keep my death from saying anything that my life has not already said.” Michel de Montaigne
Death, Life, Consistency, Integrity, Wisdom
Michel de Montaigne Death, Life, Consistency, Integrity, Wisdom“The plague of man is the opinion of knowledge. That is why ignorance is so recommended by our religion as a quality suitable to belief and obedience.” Michel de Montaigne
Knowledge, Ignorance, Religion, Belief, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Knowledge, Ignorance, Religion, Belief, Human Nature“Everyone gives the title of barbarism to everything that is not in use in his own country.” Michel de Montaigne
Cultural Relativism, Prejudice, Ethnocentrism, Perspective, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Cultural Relativism, Prejudice, Ethnocentrism, Perspective, Human Nature“My appetite comes to me while eating.” Michel de Montaigne
Appetite, Action, Human Nature, Experience, Desire
Michel de Montaigne Appetite, Action, Human Nature, Experience, Desire