Michel de Montaigne Quotes

979 quotes · Philosopher, Writer

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Michel de Montaigne Quotes

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Michel de Montaigne

Philosopher, Writer

Philosophical

“I seek in books only to give myself pleasure by honest amusement; or if I study, I seek only the learning that treats of the knowledge of myself and instructs me in how to die well and live well.”

Giving Book Education

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Michel de Montaigne

Philosopher, Writer

Spiritual

“We cannot do without it, and yet we disgrace and vilify the same. It may be compared to a cage, the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair to get out.”

Marriage Bird Despair

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Courageous

“No noble thing can be done without risks.”

Done Risk

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Courageous

“The honor of the conquest is rated by the difficulty.”

Honor Victory

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Funny

“It is much more easy to accuse the one sex than to excuse the other.”

Men Sex Excuse

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Wise

“Habit is a second nature.”

Habit

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Thoughtful

“Few men are admired by their servants.”

Men Admiration

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Vulnerable

“One may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us and whereto our passions transport us. But those which by long habit are rooted in a strong and anchored in a powerful will are not subject to contradiction. Repentance is but a denying of our will, and an opposition of our fantasies, which diverts us here and there.”

Strong Powerful Forgiveness

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Wise

“The middle sort of historians (of which the most part are) spoil all; they will chew our meat for us.”

History Meat Middle

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Thoughtful

“We ought to love temperance for itself, and in obedience to God who has commanded it and chastity; but what I am forced to by catarrhs, or owe to the stone, is neither chastity nor temperance.”

Stones Obedience Temperance

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Love

“"Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation." -If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than it was because he was he and I was I.”

Love Conversation Companionship

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Thoughtful

“Every period of life has its peculiar prejudices; whoever saw old age, that did not applaud the past, and condemn the present times?”

Past Age Prejudice

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