Michel de Montaigne quotes - page 3

An unattempted lady could not vaunt of her chastity. (Michel de Montaigne)
The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One. View quote
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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul. View quote
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear. View quote
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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor. View quote
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Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages. View quote
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We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void. View quote
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Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul. View quote
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom. View quote
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It is not death, it is dying that alarms me. View quote
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It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity. (Michel de Montaigne)
My trade and art is to live. View quote
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition. View quote
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port. View quote
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Few men have been admired of their familiars. View quote
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself. View quote
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If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I. View quote
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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum. View quote
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We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom. View quote
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Silence and modesty are very valuable qualities in conversation. View quote
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Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies. (Michel de Montaigne)
How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables. View quote
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The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence. View quote
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The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre. View quote
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can. View quote
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