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Others Quotes by Michel de Montaigne
- When I quote others I do so in order to express my own ideas more clearly.
- He who lives not to others, lives little to himself.
- The corruption of the age is made up by the particular contribution of every individual man; some contribute treachery, others injustice, atheism, tyranny, avarice, cruelty,…
- I quote others in order to better express myself.
- Their pupils and their little charges are not nourished and fed by what they learn: the learning is passed from hand to hand with only…
- Who does not in some sort live to others, does not live much to himself.
- Pythagoras used to say that life resembles the Olympic Games: a few people strain their muscles to carry off a prize; others bring trinkets to…
- He who does not live in some degree for others, hardly lives for himself.
- I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
- We easily enough confess in others an advantage of courage, strength, experience, activity, and beauty; but an advantage in judgment we yield to none.
- 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,…
- Glory consists of two parts: the one in setting too great a value upon ourselves, and the other in setting too little a value upon…
- 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…
- No one but yourself knows whether you are cowardly and cruel, or loyal and devout; others do not see you; they surmise you by uncertain…
- The bees pillage the flowers here and there but they make honey of them which is all their own; it is no longer thyme or…
- Courtesy, like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and inclination to love one another at the first sight, and in the very beginning of…
- Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
- Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity.
- Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.
- I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by…
- I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
- It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
- There is as much difference between us and ourselves as there is between us and others.
- All we do is to look after the opinions and learning of others: we ought to make them our own.
- It needs good management to enjoy life. I enjoy it twice as much as others, for the measure of enjoyment depends on the greater or…
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- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge… — Arthur Ashe
- I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some… — Arthur Ashe
- We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others. — Saint Augustine
- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius
- We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears… — Marcus Aurelius
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen
- To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment. — Jane Austen