French - Philosopher | February 28, 1533 - September 13, 1592
Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
Michel de Montaigne
KnowNothingLeastBelievedFirmly
It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
DeathMeDying
Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
AgeMindFaceWrinklesMoreThan
It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.
StrengthMindBeyondNeverWithin
Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
NatureBusinessBetterWaySheHer
Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
SavageBeingMostOurDespise
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.
MyselfI AmRichCareWillOthers
Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.
YouthLegalYouLibertyWillGentle
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.
EducationGoodBookTableTrueHand
'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
MindEdgePainsPleasuresOurTis
Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.
SoulKindOthersOverSensesOnce
One may be humble out of pride.
HumblePrideBe HumbleOutMay
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