Rash and incessant scolding runs into custom and renders itself despised. Michel de Montaigne More Quotes by Michel de Montaigne More Quotes From Michel de Montaigne Saying is one thing and doing is another; we are to consider the sermon and the preacher distinctly and apart. Michel de Montaigne sermons preacher hypocrisy We are neither obstinately nor wilfully to oppose evils, nor truckle under them for want of courage, but that we are naturally to give way to them, according to their condition and our own, we ought to grant free passage to diseases; and I find they stay less with me who let them alone. And I have lost those which are reputed the most tenacious and obstinate of their own defervescence, without any help or art, and contrary to their rules. Let us a little permit nature to take her own way; she better understands her own affairs than we. Michel de Montaigne evil giving art We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by thoughts about life. Michel de Montaigne life-and-death trouble death I listen with attention to the judgment of all men; but so far as I can remember, I have followed none but my own. Michel de Montaigne remember attention men In his commerce with men I mean him to include- and that principally- those who live only in the memory of books. By means of history he will frequent those great souls of former years. If you want it to be so, history can be a waste of time; it can also be, if you want it to be so, a study bearing fruit beyond price. Michel de Montaigne educational memories book We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void. Michel de Montaigne understanding education memories Adrian, the Emperor, exclaimed incessantly, when dying, "That the crowd of physicians had killed him." Michel de Montaigne physicians medicine dying There is no man so good that if he placed all his actions and thoughts under the scrutiny of the laws, he would not deserve hanging ten times in his life. Michel de Montaigne law action men I would rather be an expert on me than on Cicero Michel de Montaigne experts When I dance, I dance; when I sleep, I sleep; yes, and when I walk alone in a beautiful orchard, if my thoughts drift to far-off matters for some part of the time for some other part I lead them back again to the walk, the orchard, to the sweetness of this solitude, to myself. Michel de Montaigne simplicity sleep beautiful There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity. Michel de Montaigne justice hair two Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations. Michel de Montaigne obligation dying death Ambition is not a vice of little people. Michel de Montaigne ambition inspirational people Let us a little permit nature to take her own way; she better understands her own affairs than we. Michel de Montaigne experience nature littles The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold...The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war betwixt princes. Michel de Montaigne equality soul war It is setting a high value upon our opinions to roast men and women alive on account of them. Michel de Montaigne opinion alive men I am afraid that our eyes are bigger than our stomachs, and that we have more curiosity than understanding. We grasp at everything, but catch nothing except wind. Michel de Montaigne understanding eye wind The soul that has no established aim loses itself Michel de Montaigne aim loses soul Greatness of soul consists not so much in soaring high and in pressing forward, as in knowing how to adapt and limit oneself. Michel de Montaigne greatness knowing soul We should rather examine, who is better learned, than who is more learned. Michel de Montaigne should
