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Philosophy Quotes by Michel de Montaigne
- Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy, inquiry the progress, ignorance the end.
- Since philosophy is the art which teaches us how to live, and since children need to learn it as much as we do at other…
- Since philosophy is the art which teaches us how to live, and since children need to learn it as much as we do at other…
- Any time and any place can be used to study: his room, a garden, is table, his bed; when alone or in company; morning and…
- Those sciences which govern the morals of mankind, such as Theology and Philosophy, make everything their concern: no activity is so private or so secret…
- Now, since our condition accommodates things to itself, and transforms them according to itself, we no longer know things in their reality; for nothing comes…
- Seeing that the Senses cannot decide our dispute, being themselves full of uncertainty, we must have recourse to Reason; there is no reason but must…
- I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life…
- Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.
- Philosophy is doubt
More Philosophy Quotes
- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
- Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- The end of labor is to gain leisure. — Aristotle
- Perception is reality. — Lee Atwater
- How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks. — Marcus Aurelius
- Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. — Marcus Aurelius
- We live on the leash of our senses. — Diane Ackerman
- Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. — Richard Bach
- A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. — Francis Bacon