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
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“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“Women are not altogether in the wrong when they refuse the rules of life prescribed to the World, for men only have established them and without their consent.” Michel de Montaigne
Gender, Rules, Society, Critique, Feminism
Michel de Montaigne Gender, Rules, Society, Critique, Feminism“Health is a precious thing, and the only one, in truth, meriting that a man should lay out not only his time, sweat, labor and goods, but also life itself to obtain it.” Michel de Montaigne
Health, Value, Priorities, Life, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Health, Value, Priorities, Life, Human Nature“Ambition is not a vice of little people.” Michel de Montaigne
Ambition, Character, Human Nature, Greatness, Motivation
Michel de Montaigne Ambition, Character, Human Nature, Greatness, Motivation“Though we may be learned by another's knowledge, we can never be wise but by our own experience.” Michel de Montaigne
Wisdom, Experience, Knowledge, Learning, Personal Growth
Michel de Montaigne Wisdom, Experience, Knowledge, Learning, Personal Growth“Everyone calls barbarity what he is not accustomed to.” Michel de Montaigne
Cultural Relativism, Prejudice, Perspective, Human Nature, Societal Norms
Michel de Montaigne Cultural Relativism, Prejudice, Perspective, Human Nature, Societal Norms“Books are a languid pleasure.” Michel de Montaigne
Reading, Pleasure, Leisure, Intellectual Pursuit, Human Experience
Michel de Montaigne Reading, Pleasure, Leisure, Intellectual Pursuit, Human Experience“To speak less of oneself than what one really is, is folly, not modesty; and to take that for current pay which is under a man's value, is pusillanimity and cowardice.” Michel de Montaigne
Self-worth, Modesty, Honesty, Courage, Human Nature
Michel de Montaigne Self-worth, Modesty, Honesty, Courage, Human Nature“It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.” Michel de Montaigne
Ambition, Contentment, Mind, Human Nature, Growth
Michel de Montaigne Ambition, Contentment, Mind, Human Nature, Growth“There is nothing of evil in life for him who rightly comprehends that death is no evil; to know how to die delivers us from all subjection and constraint.” Michel de Montaigne
Death, Fear, Freedom, Philosophy, Human Condition
Michel de Montaigne Death, Fear, Freedom, Philosophy, Human Condition“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“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“Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.” Michel de Montaigne
Obsession, Genius, Madness, Human Nature, Creativity
Michel de Montaigne Obsession, Genius, Madness, Human Nature, Creativity“Let us give Nature a chance; she knows her business better than we do.” Michel de Montaigne
Nature, Wisdom, Humility, Human Intervention, Trust
Michel de Montaigne Nature, Wisdom, Humility, Human Intervention, Trust“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“My business is only to keep myself in motion, whilst motion pleases me; I only walk for the walk's sake.” Michel de Montaigne
Purpose, Pleasure, Simplicity, Human Nature, Philosophy
Michel de Montaigne Purpose, Pleasure, Simplicity, Human Nature, Philosophy“A man must become wise at his own expense.” Michel de Montaigne
Wisdom, Experience, Personal Growth, Learning, Life Lessons
Michel de Montaigne Wisdom, Experience, Personal Growth, Learning, Life Lessons“The archer who overshoots his mark does no better than he who falls short of it.” Michel de Montaigne
Moderation, Achievement, Balance, Wisdom, Metaphor
Michel de Montaigne Moderation, Achievement, Balance, Wisdom, Metaphor“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“If my intentions were not to be read in my eyes and voice, I should not have survived so long without quarrels and without harm, seeing the indiscreet freedom with which I say, right or wrong, whatever comes into my head.” Michel de Montaigne
Honesty, Communication, Survival, Social Interaction, Self-awareness
Michel de Montaigne Honesty, Communication, Survival, Social Interaction, Self-awareness