Man is quite insane. He wouldn’t know how to create a maggot, and he creates Gods by the dozen.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Marriage is like a cage one sees the bir…
Marriage is like a cage one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
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No one is exempt from talking nonsense t…
No one is exempt from talking nonsense the mistake is to do it solemnly.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Once conform, once do what others do bec…
Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Riches, like glory or heath, have no mor…
Riches, like glory or heath, have no more beauty or pleasure than their possessor is pleased to lend them.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
The finest lives, in my opinion, are tho…
The finest lives, in my opinion, are those who rank in the common model, and with the human race, but without miracle, without extravagance.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
The greatist thing in the world is for a…
The greatist thing in the world is for a man to know how to be himself.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
The want of goods is easily repaired, bu…
The want of goods is easily repaired, but the poverty of the soul is irreparable.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
There are some defeats more triumphant t…
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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There is no course of life so weak and s…
There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne