Michel de Montaigne — Philosophical Quotes

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Michel de Montaigne Quotes

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Michel de Montaigne

Philosopher, Writer

Philosophical

“No man divulges his revenue, or at least which way it comes in: but every one publishes his acquisitions.”

Men Way Acquisition

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Michel de Montaigne

Philosopher, Writer

Philosophical

“Their [the Skeptics'] way of speaking is: "I settle nothing. . . . I do not understand it. . . . Nothing seems true that may not seem false." Their sacramental word is . . . , which is to say, I suspend my judgment.”

Way May Understanding

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Philosophical

“Children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.”

Children Sports

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Philosophical

“All passions that suffer themselves to be relished and digested are but moderate.”

Passion Suffering

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Philosophical

“Life in itself is neither good nor evil, it is the place of good and evil, according to what you make it.”

Evil Positive Law Of Attraction

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Philosophical

“The easy, gentle, and sloping path . . . is not the path of true virtue. It demands a rough and thorny road.”

Path Virtue Demand

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Philosophical

“Men ... are not agreed about any one thing, not even that heaven is over our heads.”

Men Heaven

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Philosophical

“The laws of conscience, though we ascribe them to nature, actually come from custom.”

Law Conscience

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Philosophical

“It is equally pointless to weep because we won't be alive a hundred years from now as that we were not here a hundred years ago.”

Years Death Alive

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Philosophical

“We every day and every hour say things of another that we might more properly say of ourselves, could we but apply our observations to our own concerns.”

Might Criticism Hours

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Philosophical

“Every place swarms with commentaries; of authors there is great scarcity.”

Criticism Scarcity

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Philosophical

“We are born to inquire into truth; it belongs to a greater to possess it”

Born Greater

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