Michel de Montaigne — Philosophical Quotes

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Michel de Montaigne Quotes

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Michel de Montaigne

Philosopher, Writer

Philosophical

“There is nothing on which men are commonly more intent than on making a way for their opinions.”

Men Way Opinion

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Michel de Montaigne

Philosopher, Writer

Philosophical

“Just as in habiliments it is a sign of weakness to wish to make oneself noticeable by some peculiar and unaccustomed fashion, so, in language, the quest for new-fangled phrases and little-known words comes from a puerile and pedantic ambition.”

Wish Fashion Ambition

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Philosophical

“Whoever will be cured of ignorance, let him confess it.”

Ignorance

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Philosophical

“Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness.”

Doe Goodness

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Philosophical

“All general judgments are loose and imperfect”

Judgment Judgement

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Philosophical

“After a tongue has once got the knack of lying, it is not to be imagined how impossible almost it is to reclaim it. Whence it comes to pass, that we see some men, who are otherwise very honest, so subject to this vice.”

Men Lying Vices

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Philosophical

“If others examined themselves attentively, as I do, they would find themselves, as I do, full of inanity and nonsense. Get rid of it I cannot without getting rid of myself.”

Ifs Nonsense

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Philosophical

“Truth and reason are common to everyone, and are no more his who spake them first than his who speaks them after.”

Firsts Truth Common

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Philosophical

“The first law that ever God gave to man was a law of pure obedience; it was a commandment naked and simple, wherein man had nothing to inquire after, or to dispute, forasmuch as to obey is the proper office of a rational soul, acknowledging a heavenly superior and benefactor. From obedience and submission spring all other virtues, as all sin does from self-opinion.”

Men Simple Spring

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Philosophical

“For truth itself does not have the privilege to be employed at any time and in every way; its use, noble as it is, has its circumscriptions and limits.”

Doe Time Truth

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Philosophical

“Fortune, to show us her power in all things, and to abate our presumption, seeing she could not make fools wise, has made them fortunate.”

Wise Made Fool

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Philosophical

“It is the rule of rules, and the general law of all laws, that every person should observe those of the place where he is.”

Law Should Fashion

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