Michel de Montaigne Quotes

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Michel de Montaigne Quotes

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Michel de Montaigne

Philosopher, Writer

Philosophical

“The plague of man is the opinion of knowledge. That is why ignorance is so recommended by our religion as a quality suitable to belief and obedience.”

Men Quality Ignorance

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Michel de Montaigne

Philosopher, Writer

Confident

“Obstinacy and dogmatism are the surest signs of stupidity. Is there anything more confident, resolute, disdainful, grave and serious than an ass?”

Serious Stupidity Ass

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Philosophical

“Socrates thought and so do I that the wisest theory about the gods is no theory at all.”

God Theory

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Wise

“Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people.”

Funny Wise

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Courageous

“Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them if they will not apply themselves to me.”

Able Expectations Temptation

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Philosophical

“It is not a mind, it is not a body that we educate, but it is a man, and we must not make two parts of him.”

Men Mind Two

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Courageous

“The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.”

Courage Virtue

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Philosophical

“Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.”

Men Diversity

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Philosophical

“Water, earth, air, fire, and the other parts of this structure of mine are no more instruments of your life than instruments of your death. Why do you fear your last day? It contributes no more to your death than each of the others. The last step does not cause the fatigue, but reveals it. All days travel toward death, the last one reaches it.”

Fire Death Fear

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Inspired

“Adrian, the Emperor, exclaimed incessantly, when dying, "That the crowd of physicians had killed him."”

Dying Medicine Physicians

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Creative

“Among the liberal arts, let us begin with the art that liberates us.”

Art Liberal Arts

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Philosophical

“He whose mouth is out of taste says the wine is flat.”

Wine Mouths

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