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Michel De Montaigne Quotes
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Most men are rich in borrowed sufficiency: a man may very well say a good thing, give a good answer, cite a good sentence, without at all seeing the force of either the one or the other (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
Some men seem remarkable to the world in whom neither their wives nor their valets saw anything extraordinary. Few men have been admired by their servants (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
The honor we receive from those that fear us, is not honor; those respects are paid to royalty and not to me (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
We owe subjection and obedience to all our kings, whether good or bad, alike, for that has respect unto their office; but as to esteem and affection, these are only due to their virtue (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
Difficulty is a coin the learned make use of like jugglers, to conceal the inanity of their art (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
Glory consists of two parts: the one in setting too great a value upon ourselves, and the other in setting too little a value upon others (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
We are nearer neighbors to ourselves than the whiteness of snow or the weight of stones are to us: if man does not know himself, how should he know his functions and powers? (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
A learned man is not learned in all things; but a sufficient man is sufficient throughout, even to ignorance itself (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
Why dost thou complain of this world? It detains thee not; thy own cowardice is the cause, if thou livest in pain (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
Every man may speak truly, but to speak methodically, prudently, and fully is a talent that few men have (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
There is no so wretched and coarse a soul wherein some particular faculty is not seen to shine (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
If health and a fair day smile upon me, I am a very good fellow; if a corn trouble my toe, I am sullen, out of humor, and inaccessible (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
It is no hard matter to get children; but after they are born, then begins the trouble, solicitude, and care rightly to train, principle, and bring them up (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
The truth of these days is not that which really is, but what every man persuades another man to believe (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
What kind of truth is it which has these mountains as its boundary and is a lie beyond them? (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
Virtue cannot be followed but for herself, and if one sometimes borrows her mask to some other purpose, she presently pulls it away again (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
If virtue cannot shine bright, but by the conflict of contrary appetites, shall we then say that she cannot subsist without the assistance of vice, and that it is from her that she derives her reputation and honor? (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
Wisdom is a solid and entire building, of which every piece keeps its place and bears its mark (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
It costs an unreasonable woman no more to pass over one reason than another; they cherish themselves most where they are most wrong (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
The study of books is a drowsy and feeble exercise which does not warm you up (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
Socrates thought and so do I that the wisest theory about the gods is no theory at all (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
I find no quality so easy for a man to counterfeit as devotion, though his life and manner are not conformable to it; the essence of it is abstruse and occult, but the appearances easy and showy (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
To honor him whom we have made is far from honoring him that hath made us (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
No man is so exquisitely honest or upright in living, but that ten times in his life he might not lawfully be hanged (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
I consider myself an average man, except in the fact that I consider myself an average man (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
Laws are often made by fools, and even more often by men who fail in equity because they hate equality: but always by men, vain authorities who can resolve nothing (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
We cannot do without it, and yet we disgrace and vilify the same. It may be compared to a cage, the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair to get out (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
Taking it all in all, I find it is more trouble to watch after money than to get it (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
Once you have decided to keep a certain pile, it is no longer yours; for you can’t spend it (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)
We endeavor more that men should speak of us, than how and what they speak, and it sufficeth us that our name run in men’s mouths, in what manner soever. It stemma that to be known is in some sort to have life and continuance in other men’s keeping (Michel De Montaigne Quotes)