Tag: Michel De Montaigne
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Michel de Montaigne: I govern myself
“Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.” —-Michel de Montaigne.
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Michel De Montaigne: Noise and command
“He who establishes his argument by noise and command, shows that his reason is weak.” —Michel De Montaigne.
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Michel de Montaigne: Saying silly things
“No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.” – Michel de Montaigne.
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Michel de Montaigne: Stark mad
“Man is certainly stark mad: he cannot make a flea, yet he makes gods by the dozens.” —Michel de Montaigne, essayist (28 Feb 1533-1592).
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Michel de Montaigne: Pleasures and pains
“I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be the consequence, and pains to be coveted that will terminate in greater pleasures.” -Michel de Montaigne.
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Michel De Montaigne: Firm footing
“If my mind could gain a firm footing, I would not make essays, I would make decisions; but it is always in apprenticeship and on trial.” -Michel de Montaigne
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Michel de Montaigne: Unceasingly
“We, and our judgment, and all mortal things go on flowing and rolling unceasingly. Thus nothing certain can be established about one thing by another, both the judging and the judged being in continual change and motion.” —Michel de Montaigne.
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Michel de Montaigne: Memory and lying
“He who has not a good memory should never take upon himself the trade of lying.” —Michel de Montaigne. Embed from Getty Images
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Michel de Montaigne: Virtue
“The confidence in another man’s virtue is no light evidence of a man’s own, and God willingly favors such a confidence. ” –—Michel de Montaigne
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Michel de Montaigne: Belief
Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known. –Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592)
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Michel de Montaigne: Firm belief
Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known. –Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592
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Michel De Montaigne: He who fears
“He who fears will suffer, he already suffers from his fear. ” —Michel De Montaigne. Embed from Getty Images
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Michel de Montaigne: Custom, not law
“The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom. ” Michel De Montaigne Related articles Profile on: Michel de Montaigne, writer and the father of Modern Skepticism – Solange’s Posterous (griggsthenaturalist.wordpress.com) Quote #28 (ilikethesequotes.wordpress.com) Montainge and Nook Notes (nooknotesblog.wordpress.com) Bookshelf of the Week: A Montaigne-esque personal library (robaroundbooks.com)
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Michel de Montaigne: 'cos it was me, 'im meself
“If a man urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it was he, because it was myself. ” —Michel de Montaigne. Related articles With Meself (beareroflight54448.wordpress.com) Quote #28 (ilikethesequotes.wordpress.com) Moments of Madness (notlostjustweird.com) Profile on: Michel de Montaigne, writer and the father of Modern […]
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Michel de Montaigne: Milesian wench
I feel grateful to the Milesian wench who, seeing the philosopher Thales continually spending his time in contemplation of the heavenly vault and always keeping his eyes raised upward, put something in his way to make him stumble, to warn him that it would be time to amuse his thoughts with things in the cloud […]
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Michel de Montaigne: Firm belief
Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known. -Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592) Embed from Getty Images
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Michel de Montaigne: Own legs, own bottom
Image via Wikipedia No matter that we may mount on stilts, we still must walk on our own legs. And on the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom. –Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592) Related articles by Zemanta a Thought for Today (linusfernandes.com) Montaigne, philosopher of life, part 6 […]
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Michel de Montaigne: Differences
Image via Wikipedia There is as much difference between us and ourselves as between us and others. –Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592) Related articles by Zemanta a Thought for Today (linusfernandes.com) Montaigne, philosopher of life, part 1: How to live | Sarah Bakewell (guardian.co.uk) Daily Bookshot: On Montaigne and Essays… (robaroundbooks.com) 5 (Literary) Quotes About […]
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Michel de Montaigne: Cast in the same mold
The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold. The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war betwixt princes. -Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592)
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Michel de Montaigne: Truth
I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older. –Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592) Related articles by Zemanta In praise of… Casper the commuting cat (guardian.co.uk) How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty […]
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Michel de Montaigne: Talking nonsense
Cover of Montaigne: Complete Essays No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the mistake is to do it solemnly. – Michel De Montaigne Related articles by Zemanta Daily Bookshot: On Montaigne and Essays… (robaroundbooks.com) How to Live: a Life of Montaigne in One Question and 20 Attempts at an Answer (3quarksdaily.com) How to Live: a […]
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