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Michel de Montaigne Quotes

Michel de Montaigne quotes about understanding

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

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Michel de Montaigne quote: "Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her..."
Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do. 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
Human understanding is marvellously enlightened by daily conversation with men, for we are, otherwise, compressed and heaped up in ourselves, and have our sight limited to the length of our own noses. Michel de Montaigne
I am afraid that our eyes are bigger than our stomachs, and that we have more curiosity than understanding. We grasp at everything, but catch nothing except wind. Michel de Montaigne
It is an absolute perfection and virtually divine to know how to enjoy our being rightfully. We seek other conditions because we do not understand the use of our own, and go outside of ourselves because we do not know what it is like inside. Yet there is no use our mounting on stilts, for on stilts we must still walk on our own legs. And on the loftiest throne in the world we are still sitting only on our own rump. Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne quote: "Certainly, if he still has himself, a man of understanding has..."
Certainly, if he still has himself, a man of understanding has lost nothing. Michel de Montaigne

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