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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

Michel de Montaigne
Inspirational, Funny, Life
Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.

The lack of wealth is easily repaired but the poverty of the soul is irreplaceable.

Michel de Montaigne
Inspirational, Character, Soul

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

Michel de Montaigne
Inspirational, Motivational, Success
Michel de Montaigne, William Hazlitt (1845). “The Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Letters, Journey Through Germany and Italy. With Notes from All the Commentators, Biographical and Bibliographical Notices, &c. &c”, p.92

There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.

Michel de Montaigne
Inspirational, Music, Dance
Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Book III, Ch. 13, 1595.

A man must learn to endure patiently what he cannot avoid conveniently.

Michel de Montaigne
Inspirational, Men, Endure

When I quote others I do so in order to express my own ideas more clearly.

Michel de Montaigne
Inspirational, Golf, Order
Michel de Montaigne (1946). “The essays”

A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.

Michel de Montaigne
Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom
Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.

Speaking is half his that speaks, and half his that hears.

Michel de Montaigne
Inspirational, Inspiring, Inspire
"The Works of Michael de Montaigne".

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

Michel de Montaigne
Inspirational, Life, Wise
Michel de Montaigne (1991). “The essays of Michel de Montaigne”, Lane, Allen

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.

Michel de Montaigne
Inspirational, Being Yourself, Freedom
Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.

A strong imagination begetteth opportunity.

Michel de Montaigne
Inspirational, Strong, Opportunity

It would be better to have no laws at all, than to have too many.

Michel de Montaigne
Inspirational, Motivational, Law

How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.

Michel de Montaigne
Inspirational, Faith, Thinking
"The Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations". Book by Robert Andrews, Columbia University Press, p.104, 1989.

Children's games are hardly games. Children are never more serious than when they play.

Michel de Montaigne
Inspirational, Children, Kids

The great and glorious masterpiece of humanity is to know how to live with a purpose.

Michel de Montaigne
Inspirational, Life, Humanity

Ambition is not a vice of little people.

Michel de Montaigne
Inspirational, Ambition, People
Michel de Montaigne (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne (Illustrated)”, p.1269, Delphi Classics

There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.

Michel de Montaigne
Inspirational, Communication, Grieving
Michel de Montaigne, Antoine JAY (1842). “The Complete Works of Michael de Montaigne; Comprising; the Essays, Translated by Cotton; the Letters; the Journey Into Germany and Italy, Now First Translated; a Life by the Editor; Notes: ... Critical Opinions; ... the Éloges of MM. Jay and Villemain; a”, p.457

No wind favors he who has no destined port.

Michel de Montaigne
Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

The thing I fear most is fear.

Michel de Montaigne
Inspirational, Fear, Political
Michel de Montaigne (1958). “Complete Essays”, p.53, Stanford University Press

How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!

Michel de Montaigne
Inspirational, Criminals, Crime
Michel de Montaigne (1946). “The essays”

I have gathered a posy of other men’s flowers and only the thread that bonds them is my own.

Michel de Montaigne
Inspirational, Education, Teacher

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