"No man is a hero to his own…" — Michel de Montaigne

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— Michel de Montaigne

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649 Quotes by Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne has 649 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

My home...It is my retreat and resting place from wars, I try to keep this corner as a haven against…
Whatever are the benefits of fortune, they yet require a palate fit to relish and taste them.
We seem ambitious God's whole work to undo. ...With new diseases on ourselves we war, And with new physic, a…
Tis so much to be a king, that he only is so by being so.
Meditation is a rich and powerful method of study for anyone who knows how to examine his mind.
There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains; the most universal…
Since I would rather make of him an able man than a learned man, I would also urge that care…
In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection; otherwise you only make so many…
It is the part of cowardliness, and not of virtue, to seek to squat itself in some hollow lurking hole,…
He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear.
Who feareth to suffer suffereth already, because he feareth.
Repentance is but a denying of our will, and an opposition of our fantasies.

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More Hero Quotes

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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but… — Arthur Ashe
Heroes need monsters to establish their heroic credentials. You need something scary to overcome. — Margaret Atwood
I'm bad at picking heroes. — Margaret Atwood
No hero is mortal till he dies. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Clint Eastwood has always been a hero. — Kevin Bacon
If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women. — Abigail Adams
Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. — John Barth
As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long… — John Adams
Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's… — Joe Barton
Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi… — Jean-Michel Basquiat
What is a society without a heroic dimension? — Jean Baudrillard
Heroes don't wear diapers. It's just not cool. — Felix Baumgartner

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