Michel de Montaigne — Philosophical Quotes

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Michel de Montaigne Quotes

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Michel de Montaigne

Philosopher, Writer

Philosophical

“Were I to live my life over again, I should live it just as I have done. I neither complain of the past, nor do I fear the future.”

Life Past Complaining

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Michel de Montaigne

Philosopher, Writer

Philosophical

“Whenever a new finding is reported to the world people say - It is probably not true. Later on, when the reliability of a new finding has been fully confirmed, people say - OK, it may be true but it has no real significance. At last, when even the significance of the finding is obvious to everybody, people say - Well, it might have some significance, but the idea is not new.”

People Real Ideas

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Philosophical

“When we have got it, we want something else.”

Want Satisfaction Want Something

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Philosophical

“The world is but a perpetual see-saw.”

World Saws

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Philosophical

“The soul that has no established aim loses itself”

Soul Loses

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Philosophical

“It is setting a high value upon our opinions to roast men and women alive on account of them.”

Men Alive Opinion

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Philosophical

“We are never present with, but always beyond ourselves; fear, desire, hope, still push us on toward the future.”

Desire Optimism Pessimism

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Philosophical

“Greatness of soul consists not so much in soaring high and in pressing forward, as in knowing how to adapt and limit oneself.”

Soul Knowing Greatness

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Philosophical

“We have more poets than judges and interpreters of poetry. It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a good one. There is, indeed, a certain low and moderate sort of poetry, that a man may well enough judge by certain rules of art; but the true, supreme, and divine poesy is equally above all rules and reason. And whoever discerns the beauty of it with the most assured and most steady sight sees no more than the quick reflection of a flash of lightning.”

Writing Art Reflection

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Philosophical

“Learning is a good medicine: but no medicine is powerful enough to preserve itself from taint and corruption independently of defects in the jar that it is kept in. One man sees clearly but does not see straight: consequently he sees what is good but fails to follow it; he sees knowledge and does not use it.”

Men Powerful Educational

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Philosophical

“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.”

Kings Office Affection

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Philosophical

“Every one is well or ill at ease, according as he finds himself! not he whom the world believes, but he who believes himself to be so, is content; and in him alone belief gives itself being and reality”

Believe Giving Reality

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