“Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.”
Dreams
“Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.”
DreamsAll Quotes by Michel de Montaigne
“We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.”
Knowledge“If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.”
Friendship“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“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“Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.”
Death“It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.”
Intelligence“The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.”
Courage“My trade and art is to live.”
Art“The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.”
Life“Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.”
Business“Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.”
Best“For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.”
Sports“If you don't know how to die, don't worry Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you don't bother your head about it.”
Nature“Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.”
Courage“How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.”
Faith“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“There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.”
Knowledge“No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.”
Communication“Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.”
Learning