Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens.

Michel de Montaigne

Mots clés humor madness superstition gods



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Man (in good earnest) is a marvellous vain, fickle, and unstable subject, and on whom it is very hard to form any certain and uniform judgment.

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If I am a man of some reading, I am a man of no retentiveness.

Michel de Montaigne


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To compose our character is our duty, not to compose books, and to win, not battles and provinces, but order and tranquility in our conduct. Our great and glorious masterpiece is to live appropriately. All other things, ruling, hoarding, building, are only little appendages and props, at most.

Michel de Montaigne

Mots clés character-development



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When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.

Michel de Montaigne

Mots clés books



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There is no desire more natural than the desire of knowledge. (Il n'est desir plus naturel que le desir de connaissance)

Michel de Montaigne


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We are all blockheads.

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There is as much difference between us and ourselves as there is between us and others.

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There is no more expensive thing than a free gift.

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The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.

Michel de Montaigne

Mots clés joy



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