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“I love a friendship that flatters itself in the sharpness and vigor of its communications.”

Quote by Michel de Montaigne

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Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne was a French Renaissance philosopher, essayist, and writer. He is considered one of the most significant figures in the history of the essay. Montaigne's work, particularly his book 'Essays', has been influential in the development of modern prose. more

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“Who is only good that others may know it, and that he may be the better esteemed when 'tis known, who will do well but upon condition that his virtue may be known to men, is one from whom much service is not to be expected.”

Knows Men Wells May Known Virtue Conditions Goodness Expected

Book:Works: Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy; with Notes, Notices, Etc

Source: Works: Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy; with Notes, Notices, Etc

“A young man ought to cross his own rules, to awake his vigor, and to keep it from growing faint and rusty. And there is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is carried on by rule and discipline.”

Men Young Courses Growing Ought Habit Discipline Crosses Weak Young Man Awake Vigor Course Of Life

Book:All the Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne

Source: All the Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne

“In my opinion it is the happy living, and not, as Antisthenes said, the happy lying, in which human happiness consists.”

Humans Said Happiness Lying Opinion Human Happiness

Author:Michel de Montaigne

“Knowledge is an excellent drug; but no drug has virtue enough to preserve itself from corruption and decay, if the vessel be tainted and impure wherein it is put to keep.”

Ifs Enough Knowledge Virtue Drug Corruption Excellent Preserves Decay Vessel Tainted

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne (Illustrated)

“After a tongue has once got the knack of lying, it is not to be imagined how impossible almost it is to reclaim it. Whence it comes to pass, that we see some men, who are otherwise very honest, so subject to this vice.”

Men Lying Impossible Subjects Honest Vices Tongue Knack

Author:Michel de Montaigne

“Lying is a disgraceful vice, and one that Plutarch paints in most disgraceful colors, when he says that it is "affording testimony that one first despises God, and then fears men." It is not possible more happily to describe its horrible, disgusting, and abandoned nature; for can we imagine anything more vile than to be cowards with regard to men, and brave with regard to God.”

Men Firsts Lying Imagine Color Regard Brave Paint Vices Horrible Coward Abandoned Despise Disgusting Testimony Disgraceful Affording

Author:Michel de Montaigne

“Can anything be imagined so ridiculous that this miserable and wretched creature, who is not so much as master of himself, but subject to the injuries of all things, should call himself master and emperor of the world, of which he has not power to know the least part, much less to command the whole?”

Knows World Should Whole Subjects Masters Creatures All Things Ridiculous Command Miserable Injury Wretched Emperor

Book:The Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy

Source: The Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy

“Not living in L.A. gives me a different perspective. I'm not so caught up in the daily process of self-congratulations that's out there.”

Giving Different Self Process Perspective Give Me Caught Caught Up Congratulations Different Perspective

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“A well-bred man is always sociable and complaisant.”

Men Wells Manners Sociable

Author:Michel de Montaigne

“Experience stands on its own dunghill in medicine, and reason yields it place. Medicine has always professed experience to be the touchstone of its operations.”

Reason Medicine Operations Yield Touchstones

Author:Michel de Montaigne