What did Michel de Montaigne mean by: Lawyers and physicians are an ill provision for any country. Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France Copy
+ God sends the cold according to the coat. Author, August 18, 2023January 2, 2025, Michel de Montaigne, Adaptation, Circumstances, Providence, 0 Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
Gentleness and repose are paramount to everything else in woman. Read explanation Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Michel de Montaigne, Gentleness, Repose, Womanhood, 0 Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
Our zeal works wonders, whenever it supports our inclination toward hatred, cruelty, ambition. Read explanation Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Michel de Montaigne, Ambition, Hatred, Zeal, 0 Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. Read explanation Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Michel de Montaigne, Fulfillment, Independence, Self-awareness, 0 Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
If by being overstudious, we impair our health and spoil our good humor, let us give it up. Read explanation Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Michel de Montaigne, Balance, Health, Humorous, 0 Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. Read explanation Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Michel de Montaigne, Humor, Perception, Relationships, 0 Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
The judgment is an utensil proper for all subjects, and will have an oar in everything. Read explanation Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Michel de Montaigne, Judgment, Subjects, 0 Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
+ No pleasure has any savor for me without communication. Read explanation Author, August 19, 2023January 2, 2025, Michel de Montaigne, Communication, Connection, Enjoyment, 0 Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Read explanation Charlie Munger Business person
The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
If art, all art, is concerned with truth, then a society in denial will not find much use for it. Jeanette Winterson Author · England
