Michel de Montaigne — Philosophical Quotes

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Michel de Montaigne Quotes

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Michel de Montaigne

Philosopher, Writer

Philosophical

“Thus we should beware of clinging to vulgar opinions, and judge things by reason's way, not by popular say.”

Way Judging Opinion

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Michel de Montaigne

Philosopher, Writer

Philosophical

“Once you have decided to keep a certain pile, it is no longer yours; for you can't spend it.”

Certain Decided Property

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Philosophical

“This notion [skepticism] is more clearly understood by asking "What do I know?"”

Understanding Asking Skepticism

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Philosophical

“Miracles arise from our ignorance of nature, not from nature itself.”

Ignorance Miracle

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Philosophical

“I do not understand; I pause; I examine.”

Pauses

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Philosophical

“No wonder, said an Ancient, that chance has so much power over us, since it is by chance that we live.”

Chance Wonder Ancient

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Philosophical

“Now, of all the benefits that virtue confers upon us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.”

Life Death Benefits

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Philosophical

“How many quarrels, and how important, has the doubt as to the meaning of this syllable "Hoc" produced for the world!”

World Important Doubt

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Philosophical

“Laws are maintained in credit, not because they are essentially just, but because they are laws. It is the mystical foundation of their authority; they have none other.”

Law Justice Power

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Philosophical

“Nature has made us a present of a broad capacity for entertaining ourselves apart, and often calls us to do so, to teach us that we owe ourselves in part to society, but in the best part to ourselves.”

Made Solitude Capacity

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Philosophical

“We easily enough confess in others an advantage of courage, strength, experience, activity, and beauty; but an advantage in judgment we yield to none.”

Enough Yield Judgment

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Philosophical

“The general order of things that takes care of fleas and moles also takes care of men, if they will have the same patience that fleas and moles have, to leave it to itself.”

Men Order Medicine

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