Soul Quotes by Michel de Montaigne

The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mould

— Michel de Montaigne

The virtue of the soul does not consist in flying high, but in walking orderly.

— Michel de Montaigne

Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.

— Michel de Montaigne

“The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere is to be nowhere.es”

— Michel de Montaigne

There is no so wretched and coarse a soul wherein some particular faculty is not seen to shine.

— Michel de Montaigne

Nor is it enough to toughen up his soul; you must also toughen up his muscles.

— Michel de Montaigne

The lack of wealth is easily repaired but the poverty of the soul is irreplaceable.

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The soul that has no established aim loses itself

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I honor most those to whom I show least honor; and where my soul moves with great alacrity, I forget the proper…

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Greatness of soul consists not so much in soaring high and in pressing forward, as in knowing how to adapt and limit…

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My home...It is my retreat and resting place from wars, I try to keep this corner as a haven against the tempest…

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Friendship that possesses the whole soul, and there rules and sways with an absolute sovereignty, can admit of no rival.

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Valor is strength, not of legs and arms, but of heart and soul; it consists not in the worth of our horse…

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For among other things he had been counseled to bring me to love knowledge and duty by my own choice, without forcing…

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Socrates, who was a perfect model in all great qualities, ... hit on a body and face so ugly and so incongruous…

— Michel de Montaigne

The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold. The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor…

— Michel de Montaigne

“Fortune does us neither good nor hurt; she only presents us the matter and the seed, which our soul, more powerful than…

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Vice leaves repentance in the soul, like an ulcer in the flesh, which is always scratching and lacerating itself; for reason effaces…

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

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The recognition of virtue is not less valuable from the lips of the man who hates it, since truth forces him to…

— Michel de Montaigne

“Though the ancient poet in Plutarch tells us we must not trouble the gods with our affairs because they take no heed…

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The first law that ever God gave to man was a law of pure obedience; it was a commandment naked and simple,…

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Age imprints more wrinkles a in the mind, than it does in the face, and souls are never, or very rarely seen,…

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The common notions that we find in credit around us and infused into our souls by our fathers' seed, these seem to…

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Business in a certain sort of men is a mark of understanding, and they are honored for it. Their souls seek repose…

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.. since it was true that study, even when done properly, can only teach us what wisdom, right conduct and determination consist…

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What we are told of the inhabitants of Brazil, that they never die but of old age, is attributed to the tranquility…

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As for our pupils talk, let his virtue and his sense of right and wrong shine through it and have no guide…

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I would like to suggest that our minds are swamped by too much study and by too much matter just as plants…

— Michel de Montaigne

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

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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

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The most regular and most perfect soul in the world has but too much to do to keep itself upright from being…

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Pride and curiosity are the two scourges of our souls. The latter prompts us to poke our noses into everything, and the…

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It is for little souls, that truckle under the weight of affairs, not to know how clearly to disengage themselves, and not…

— Michel de Montaigne

As great enmities spring from great friendships, and mortal distempers from vigorous health, so do the most surprising and the wildest frenzies…

— Michel de Montaigne

To make judgements about great and lofty things, a soul of the same stature is needed; otherwise we ascribe to them that…

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

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Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses…

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Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world…

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In his commerce with men I mean him to include- and that principally- those who live only in the memory of books.…

— Michel de Montaigne