Michel de Montaigne Quotes & Sayings (Page 9)
Michel de Montaigne quotes and sayings page 9 (philosopher). Here's quote # 81 through 90 out of the 107 we have.
“There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.”
“Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.”
“Few men have been admired of their familiars.”
“Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way.”
“We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.”
“I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.”
“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.”
“If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about it.”
“Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.”
“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.”
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