Judging Quotes by Michel de Montaigne

Thus we should beware of clinging to vulgar opinions, and judge things by reason's way, not by popular say.

— Michel de Montaigne

We judge a horse not only by its pace on a racecourse, but also by its walk, nay, when resting in its…

— Michel de Montaigne

Only he can judge of matters great and high whose soul is likewise.

— Michel de Montaigne

We should be similarly wary of accepting common opinions; we should judge them by the ways of reason not by popular vote.

— Michel de Montaigne

Peoples nurtured on freedom and self-government judge any other form of polity to be deformed and unnatural. Those who are used to…

— Michel de Montaigne

And I loathe people who find it harder to put up with a gown askew than with a soul askew and who…

— Michel de Montaigne

The wise man should withdraw his soul within, out of the crowd, and keep it in freedom and power to judge things…

— Michel de Montaigne

There is no passion that so much transports men from their right judgments as anger. No one would demur upon punishing a…

— Michel de Montaigne

I love those historians that are either very simple or most excellent. Such as are between both (which is the most common…

— Michel de Montaigne

We have more poets than judges and interpreters of poetry. It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a…

— Michel de Montaigne

Traveling through the world produces a marvelous clarity in the judgment of men. We are all of us confined and enclosed within…

— Michel de Montaigne

Pythagoras used to say that life resembles the Olympic Games: a few people strain their muscles to carry off a prize; others…

— Michel de Montaigne