Glory Quotes by Michel de Montaigne

10 Glory quotes by Michel de Montaigne

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Michel de Montaigne’s thoughtful musings on what makes a life commendable are packed into ten concise lines. They invite readers to consider the quiet virtues behind lasting reputation.

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The shortest way to arrive at glory would be to do that for conscience which we do for glory.

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Glory consists of two parts: the one in setting too great a value upon ourselves, and the other in setting too little…

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Glory and repose are things that cannot possibly inhabit in one and the same place.

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Plenty and indigence depend upon the opinion every one has of them; and riches, like glory of health, have no more beauty…

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Ambition is, of all other, the most contrary humor to solitude; and glory and repose are so inconsistent that they cannot possibly…

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He that first likened glory to a shadow did better than he was aware of. They are both of them things excellently…

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How many worthy men have we known to survive their own reputation, who have seen and suffered the honor and glory most…

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Who is it that does not voluntarily exchange his health, his repose, and his very life for reputation and glory? The most…

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I never rebel so much against France as not to regard Paris with a friendly eye; she has had my heart since…

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The shortest way to arrive at glory should be to do that for conscience which we do for glory. And the virtue…

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Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self.

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Beauty is the true prerogative of women, and so peculiarly their own, that our sex, though naturally requiring another sort of feature, is never…

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Fie on the eloquence that leaves us craving itself, not things!

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The plainest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness: her state is like that of things in the regions above the moon, always clear…

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The corruption of the age is made up by the particular contribution of every individual man; some contribute treachery, others injustice, atheism, tyranny, avarice,…

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