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Michel de Montaigne Quotes

Michel de Montaigne quotes

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

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Michel de Montaigne quote: "Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible."
Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible. Michel de Montaigne
Man (in good earnest) is a marvellous vain, fickle, and unstable subject, and on whom it is very hard to form any certain and uniform judgment. Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne quote: "In our time the most warlike nations are the most rude and..."
In our time the most warlike nations are the most rude and ignorant. Michel de Montaigne
Sorry the man, to my mind, who has not in his own home a place to be all by himself, to pay his court privately to himself, to hide! Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne quote: "It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others."
It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others. Michel de Montaigne
And therefore, Reader, I myself am the subject of my book: it is not reasonable that you should employ your leisure on a topic so frivolous and so vain. Therefore, Farewell: Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne quote: "We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience..."
We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void. Michel de Montaigne
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
Michel de Montaigne quote: "There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us..."
There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves. Michel de Montaigne
You never speak about yourself without loss. Your self-condemnation is always accredited, your self-praise discredited. There may be some people of my temperament, I who learn better by contrast than by example, and by flight than by pursuit. This was the sort of teaching that Cato the Elder had in view when he said that the wise have more to learn from the fools than the fools from the wise; and also that ancient lyre player who, Pausanias tells us, was accustomed to force his pupils to go... Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne quote: "We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we..."
We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom. Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne quote: "Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be..."
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own. Michel de Montaigne
For I make others say what I cannot say so well,... I do not count my borrowings, but, weight them.... They are all, or very nearly all, from such famous and ancient names that they seem to identify themselves enough without me. Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne quote: "Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish..."
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it. Michel de Montaigne
Though the ancient poet in Plutarch tells us we must not trouble the gods with our affairs because they take no heed of our angers and disputes, we can never enough decry the disorderly sallies of our minds. Michel de Montaigne

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