Tag Archives: Michel de Montaigne

Let us permit nature to have her way

Let us permit nature to have her way.  She understands her business better than we do. Michel de Montaigne

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There is no man so good..

There is no man so good that if he placed all his actions and thought under the scrutiny of the laws, he would not deserve hanging ten times in his life. Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 1595

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I will follow the right side even to the fire

I will follow the right side even to the fire, but excluding the fire if I can. Michel de Montaigne, translated

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I govern myself

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself. Michel de Montaigne

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Our life to a dream

Those who have compared our life to a dream were right…. We sleeping wake, and waking sleep. Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 1580

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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself Michel de Montaigne 

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Self-worth

Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. Michel de Montaigne

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Why I love him

If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.  Michel de Montaigne

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