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Michel de Montaigne

French Philosopher

Born: Feb 28, 1533

Died: Sep 13, 1592

Good Life Man Me Myself You

Related authors: Albert Camus Blaise Pascal Henri Bergson Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Paul Sartre Montesquieu Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Simone Weil

I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of. Michel de Montaigne

Know Well Am Fleeing Search

The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing. Michel de Montaigne

World Word Nothing One Word Vanity Shadow Just Play

Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows. Michel de Montaigne

Never Bedfellows Fame Tranquility

Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity. Michel de Montaigne

Confidence Integrity Honesty Honesty Is Light Own Others Testimony

The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage. Michel de Montaigne

Courage Virtues True Generous True Courage Most Proudest Strangest

The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom. Michel de Montaigne

World Way Follow Laws Make Custom

There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge. Michel de Montaigne

Knowledge Natural No Desire More Than Desire

Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience. Michel de Montaigne

Honor Lose Rather His Than Person Any Chooses Conscience

The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things. Michel de Montaigne

Beautiful All Things Open Ready Souls Things Universal

No pleasure has any savor for me without communication. Michel de Montaigne

Me Communication Savor Pleasure Without Any

In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum. Michel de Montaigne

Education Good Book Our Bit Table Part True True Education Talk Boy Prank Hand Curriculum Blunder Anything Page Servant

Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face. Michel de Montaigne

Age Mind Face Wrinkles More Does Than

The world is but a perpetual see-saw. Michel de Montaigne

World Perpetual

My trade and art is to live. Michel de Montaigne

Life Art Live Trade

The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre. Michel de Montaigne

Lie Men Betray Massacre Public Should Requires

There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom. Michel de Montaigne

Family Trouble Kingdom Governing Private Than Little Less Whole

The thing I fear most is fear. Michel de Montaigne

Fear Most Thing

The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness. Michel de Montaigne

Those Finest Variety Most Souls

Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. Michel de Montaigne

Savage Despise Our Most Being

The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death. Michel de Montaigne

Life Death Build House Ceaseless Labour Your

I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing. Michel de Montaigne

Myself Care Will Rich Others Borrowing Am Much

If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I. Michel de Montaigne

Me Man Otherwise Find Give Could He Him Because Answer Making Than Loved Should Reason Expressed Why

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