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Michel de Montaigne quotes about life

French Philosopher, Writer February 28, 1533 – September 13, 1592

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Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream. Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne quote: "The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death."
The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death. Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne quote: "The ceaseless labor of your life is to build the house of death."
The ceaseless labor of your life is to build the house of death. Michel de Montaigne
How many we know who have fled the sweetness of a tranquil life in their homes, among the friends, to seek the horror of uninhabitable deserts; who have flung themselves into humiliation, degradation, and the contempt of the world, and have enjoyed these and even sought them out. Michel de Montaigne
In the year of Christ 1571, at the age of thirty-eight, on the last day of February, anniversary of his birth, Michel de Montaigne, lon weary of the servitude of the court and of public employments, while still entire, retired to the bosom of the learned Virgins [Muses], where in calm and freedom from all cares he will spend what little remains of his life now more than half run out. If the fates permit, he will completethis abode, this sweet ancestral retreat; and he has consecrated it to... Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne quote: "There is no knowledge so hard to acquire as the knowledge of..."
There is no knowledge so hard to acquire as the knowledge of how to live this life well and naturally. Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne quote: "We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by..."
We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by thoughts about life. Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne quote: "The continuous work of our life is to build death."
The continuous work of our life is to build death. Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne quote: "Life itself is neither a good nor an evil: life is where good..."
Life itself is neither a good nor an evil: life is where good or evil find a place, depending on how you make it for them. Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne quote: "Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we..."
Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep. Michel de Montaigne
The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will. Michel de Montaigne
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
I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man's estate. Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne quote: "~The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the..."
~The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them ~ Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne quote: "The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be..."
The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere is to be nowhere.es Michel de Montaigne

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