The most beautiful lives, to my mind,are those that conform to the common human pattern, with order, but without miracle, and without eccentricity.
Michel de MontaigneRejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
Michel de MontaigneThe great and glorious masterpiece of man is to live with purpose.
Michel de MontaigneTag: purpose-of-life
I do not think that there is so much wretchedness in us as vanity; we are not so much wicked as daft; we are not so much full of evil as of inanity; we are not so much pitiful as despicable.
Michel de MontaigneIt is an absolute perfection and virtually divine to know how to enjoy our being rightfully. We seek other conditions because we do not understand the use of our own, and go outside of ourselves because we do not know what it is like inside. Yet there is no use our mounting on stilts, for on stilts we must still walk on our own legs. And on the loftiest throne in the world we are still sitting only on our own rump.
Michel de MontaigneIf I had even the slightest grasp upon my own faculties, I would not make essays, I would make decisions.
Michel de MontaigneNo one is exempt from speaking nonsense. The great misfortune is to do it solemnly.
Michel de MontaigneTag: french-philosopher-and-essayist
The reverse side of truth has a hundred thousand shapes and no defined limits.
Michel de MontaigneFaccio dire agli altri quello che non posso dire altrettanto bene, sia per insufficienza del mio linguaggio sia per insufficienza del mio sentimento.
Michel de MontaigneTag: citazioni
Ease crushes us.
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