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Letter "M" » Michel de Montaigne Quotes
«Those things are dearest to us that have cost us the most»
«I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.»
Author: Michel de Montaigne
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
Company
| Keywords:
Company of, incorrectly, peasants, sufficiently
«It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness.»
Author: Michel de Montaigne
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
Mind
| Keywords:
contraction, contractions, weariness
«We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.»
«It is good to rub and polish your mind against the minds of others»
«We do not correct the man we hang; we correct others by him»
«No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the mistake is to do it solemnly»
«Philosophy is doubt»
«God defend me from being an honest man according to the description which every day I see made by each man to his own glorification»
Author: Michel de Montaigne
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
Honesty,
Religion
| Keywords:
description, descriptions, glorification
«I can easily imagine Socrates in Alexander's place; Alexander in that of Socrates - never»
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