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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Poverty of goods...
Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.
Source: In...
Let us permit...
Let us permit nature to have her way; she understands her business better than we do.
Man is certainly...
Man is certainly stark mad. He cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by the...
The sciences and...
The sciences and arts are not cast in a mold, but formed and shaped little by little, by repeated handling and...
He who establishes...
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
A wise man...
A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
Source: In Webster's...
Dreams are the...
Dreams are the true interpreters of our inclinations; but there is art required to sort and understand...
Let us not...
Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
Source: Essays, bk. 3,...
It is good...
It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
Source: Essays, Bk....
Whether you find...
Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
The study of...
The study of books is a drowsy and feeble exercise which does not warm you up.
No one is...
No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the misfortune is to do it solemnly.
It is not...
It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice.
Source: In
Every abridgement of...
Every abridgement of a good book is a fool abridged.
Source: Essays, bk. 3, ch. 8,...
Experience has taught...
Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits,...
I know what...
I know what I am fleeing from, but not what I am in search of.
Source: In
In my opinion,...
In my opinion, the most fruitful and natural play of the mind is in conversation. I find it sweeter than any other...
The worst of...
The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch...
There is no...
There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is ordered by orders, method, and...
All the fame...
All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it quietly.
Source: In