Benefits Quote by Michel de Montaigne Download Open image “Of all the benefits which virtue confers on us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.” — Michel de Montaigne ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Benefits Benefits Virtue Contempt Contempt Death Death Virtue Virtue Confers
Now, of all the benefits that virtue confers upon us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Death is a companion for all of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether we're aware of it or not, and it's not… — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
It seems to be remarkable that death increases our veneration for the good, and extenuates our hatred for the bad. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we are still alive. — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
“Death is the privilege of human nature And life without it were not worth our taking Thither the poor, the unfortunate, and Mourner Fly… — Elizabeth Fama Copy Share Image
Someone once said that death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I never have held death in contempt, though in the course of my explorations I have oftentimes felt that to meet one's fate on… — John Muir Copy Share Image
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The laws keep up their credit, not by being just, but because they are laws; 'tis the mystic foundation of their authority; they have… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Beauty is the true prerogative of women, and so peculiarly their own, that our sex, though naturally requiring another sort of feature, is never… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The height and value of true virtue consists in the facility, utility, and pleasure of its exercise; so far from difficulty, that boys, as… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Fie on the eloquence that leaves us craving itself, not things! — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The plainest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness: her state is like that of things in the regions above the moon, always clear… — Michel De Montaigne Copy Share Image
The corruption of the age is made up by the particular contribution of every individual man; some contribute treachery, others injustice, atheism, tyranny, avarice,… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
If people must be talking about me, I would have it to be truthfully and justly. I would willingly return from the next world… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
In true friendship, in which I am expert, I give myself to my friend more than I draw him to me. I not only… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
There are as many and innumerable degrees of wit, as there are cubits between this and heaven. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
[The Dalai Lama] told me some years ago, "I've made every concession to China, and I've been as open and tolerant as I could,… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Anger is a rough water; if you can canalize it into a water mill, you can benefit from it. Anything bad can be transformed… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Shortly after I turned 50, both Ted Turner and the AARP came into my life. The only difference? With AARP, there were benefits. — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
Politics is about power. It is about the power of the state. It is about the power of the state as applied to individuals,… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
Therefore, I see whatever exists as good, death is to me like life, sin like holiness, wisdom like foolishness, everything has to be as… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Trust is about keeping commitments, but in many instances, circumstances change and organizations therefore shed commitments, things such as retiree medical benefits, pension obligations,… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea… — John Green Copy Share Image
Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To really be of benefit to others as the Buddha always taught, we ourselves must first get out of the swamp. One of the… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
I won the seat of Oxley largely on an issue that has resulted in me being called a racist. That issue related to my… — Pauline Hanson Copy Share Image