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May Quotes by Michel de Montaigne
- I must accommodate my history to the hour: I may presently change, not only by fortune, but also by intention.
- Every man may speak truly, but to speak methodically, prudently, and fully is a talent that few men have.
- I would like to suggest that our minds are swamped by too much study and by too much matter just as plants are swamped by…
- Whenever a new discovery is reported to the world, they say first, It is probably not true, Then after, when the truth of the new…
- The utility of living consists not in the length of days, but in the use of time; a man may have lived long, and yet…
- Their [the Skeptics'] way of speaking is: "I settle nothing. . . . I do not understand it. . . . Nothing seems true that…
- One may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us, and whereto our passions transport us; but those which by long habits are rooted in a…
- We cannot do without it, and yet we disgrace and vilify the same. It may be compared to a cage, the birds without despair to…
- Most men are rich in borrowed sufficiency: a man may very well say a good thing, give a good answer, cite a good sentence, without…
- I see several animals that live so entire and perfect a life, some without sight, others without hearing: who knows whether to us also one,…
- May God defend me from myself.
- There is a certain consideration, and a general duty of humanity, that binds us not only to the animals, which have life and feeling, but…
- Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. It is... opening a door that we may derive instruction from the example of others, and at…
- A man may by custom fortify himself against pain, shame, and suchlike accidents; but as to death, we can experience it but once, and are…
- I may indeed very well happen to contradict myself; but truth, as Demades said, I do not contradict.
- One may be humble out of pride.
- Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong