What did Michel de Montaigne mean by: There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees. - Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France Copy
+ Everything must not always be said, for that would be folly. Feraz Zeid, June 7, 2023December 12, 2023, Michel de Montaigne, Folly, 0 - Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
+ I would have every man write what he knows and no more. Feraz Zeid, June 22, 2023December 12, 2023, Michel de Montaigne, Writing, 0 - Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
+ Experience has further taught me this, that we ruin ourselves by impatience. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Michel de Montaigne, Impatience, Ruins, 0 - Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
+ To honor him whom we have made is far from honoring him that hath made us. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Michel de Montaigne, God, Honor, Religion, 0 - Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
+ There is no more expensive thing than a free gift. Feraz Zeid, October 12, 2023December 26, 2023, Michel de Montaigne, Expensive, Gift, 0 - Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
+ I enjoy books as misers enjoy treasures, because I know I can enjoy them whenever I please. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Michel de Montaigne, Book, Enjoy, Treasure, 0 - Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
+ How many valiant men we have seen to survive their own reputation! Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Michel de Montaigne, Reputation, Survival, 0 - Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
+ To philosophize is to doubt. Feraz Zeid, July 2, 2023December 12, 2023, Michel de Montaigne, Doubt, 0 - Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The constancy of sages is nothing but the art of locking up their agitation in their hearts. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence. Explain - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
Sir, that much prudence calls for too much worry; I cannot foresee misfortunes so far away. - Jean Racine Playwright · France
Youth is the time to study wisdom; old age is the time to practice it. - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Poet · France
The less reasonable a cult is, the more men seek to establish it by force. - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Poet · France
Alas, how many have been persecuted for the wrong of having been right? - Jean-Baptiste Say Economist · France
