What did Michel de Montaigne mean by: A foreign war is a lot milder than a civil war. Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France Copy
Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people. Read explanation Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Michel de Montaigne, Adaptation, Wisdom, 0 Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
As far as fidelity is concerned, there is no animal in the world as treacherous as man. Read explanation Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Michel de Montaigne, Betrayal, Human nature, Trust, 0 Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
+ A man has need of tough ears to hear himself fairly judged. Read explanation Author, July 2, 2023January 2, 2025, Michel de Montaigne, Judgment, Resilience, Self-awareness, 0 Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
Example is a bright looking-glass, universal and for all shapes to look into. Read explanation Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Michel de Montaigne, Inspiration, Reflection, Universal, 0 Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
I see this evident, that we willingly accord to piety only the services that flatter our passions. Read explanation Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Michel de Montaigne, Hypocrisy, Manipulation, Selfishness, 0 Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
+ Every man carries the entire form of human condition. Author, June 20, 2023January 2, 2025, Michel de Montaigne, Existence, Humanity, Universality, 0 Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
Children’s games are hardly games. Children are never more serious than when they play. Read explanation Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Michel de Montaigne, Childhood, Play, Seriousness, 0 Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
The relish of good and evil depends in a great measure upon the opinion we have of them. Read explanation Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Michel de Montaigne, Morality, Opinion, Perception, 0 Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace. François Rabelais Author · France
The body is to be compared, not to a physical object, but rather to a work of art. Maurice Merleau-Ponty Philosopher · France
Whenever I see a Frans Hals I feel like painting, but when I see a Rembrandt I feel like giving up! Max Liebermann Painter · Germany
All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
