“There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.”
Fear
“It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.”
IntelligenceAll Quotes by Michel de Montaigne
“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.”
Education“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.”
Strength“Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self.”
Future“There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.”
Knowledge“The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.”
God“We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.”
Knowledge“I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it.”
Truth“The thing I fear most is fear.”
Fear“Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.”
Best“There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.”
Failure“How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.”
Faith“A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.”
Good“My trade and art is to live.”
Art“Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.”
Age“Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.”
Death“For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.”
Sports“I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind - and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.”
Work“It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.”
Intelligence“Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.”
Courage