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Michel De Montaigne Quotes

Biography: Michel de Montaigne is renowned for popularizing the essay as a litera... more Biography: Michel de Montaigne is renowned for popularizing the essay as a literary form. Born in France in 1533, Montaigne's introspective and personal style revolutionized philosophical writing. His major work, "Essays," reflects on human nature, society, and personal identity, blending skepticism with wit. less

"Sorrow is a sickness worse than any other."

Tags: Mental health, Suffering, Emotional pain, Sadness, Grief

"Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness."

Tags: Inspiration, Creativity, Innovation, Psychology, Passion

"Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face."

Tags: Personal growth, Wisdom, Perception, Mental health, Experience

"We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom."

Tags: Self-improvement, Wisdom, Learning, Life lessons, Individuality

"Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it."

Tags: Psychology, Emotions, Memory, Human behavior, Paradox

"To begin depriving death of its greatest advantage over us, let us adopt a way clean contrary to that common one let us deprive life of the fear of death."

Tags: Philosophy, Self-improvement, Mindset, Life, Perspective

"The soul that has no established aim loses itself."

Tags: Philosophy, Self-discovery, Purpose, Focus, Existentialism

"A wise man never loses anything if he has himself."

Tags: Personal growth, Philosophy, Wisdom, Resilience, Self-awareness

"The profit we possess after study is to have become better and wiser."

Tags: Personal growth, Self-improvement, Wisdom, Learning, Knowledge

"There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge."

Tags: Self-improvement, Wisdom, Human nature, Learning, Knowledge

"Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition."

Tags: Philosophy, Self-awareness, Human nature, Identity, Individuality

"My trade and my art is to live."

Tags: Personal growth, Mindfulness, Existentialism, Life philosophy, Self-expression

"A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband."

Tags: Love, Understanding, Humor, Communication, Acceptance

"Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know."

Tags: Perception, Confidence, Knowledge, Truth, Belief

"I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly."

Tags: Philosophy, Wisdom, Education, Simplicity, Irony

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