Author of quotes: Michel de Montaigne
Our ancestors were content to respond to insulting words with an accusation of lying, and to an accusation of lying with a blow. And so on, increasing the insults. They were brave enough and were not afraid to face the enemy they offended. We tremble with fear while we see that the enemy is alive and well.
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Viker 10-01-2024 / 15:20
People usually look at each other, but I direct my gaze inside myself.
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Viker 10-01-2024 / 15:18
The first and fundamental rule of virtue: it must be loved for its own sake. Anyone who tells the truth because due to some extraneous reasons he is forced to do so, or because it is more useful for him, and who is not afraid to lie when it is completely safe, cannot be called a truthful person.
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Viker 10-01-2024 / 15:18
It is fitting that everyone should find in himself only that which corresponds to the truth.
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Viker 10-01-2024 / 15:17
You need to be valiant for your own sake and for the sake of the advantage that consists in mental firmness, confidently resisting all blows of fate.
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Viker 10-01-2024 / 15:17
Philosophers said that the glory of the whole world does not deserve a thinking person to stretch out even one finger to it.
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Viker 10-01-2024 / 15:17
We perceive things differently depending on who we are.
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Viker 10-01-2024 / 15:17
Feelings deceive our mind, but it, in turn, deceives them.
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Viker 10-01-2024 / 15:17
The senses have the advantage of being the extreme limit of our knowledge, and beyond them there is nothing to help us discover them.
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Viker 10-01-2024 / 15:17
Feelings are the beginning and crown of human knowledge... All our learning occurs through them and with the help of them.
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Viker 10-01-2024 / 15:16
The scourge of man is imaginary knowledge. This is why the Christian religion so persistently preaches to us ignorance, which is the best basis for faith and obedience.
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Viker 10-01-2024 / 15:16
What amazing things the conscience can do to us! It forces us to cheat on ourselves, betray ourselves and harm ourselves. Even when there is no witness, she gives us away against our will.
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Viker 07-12-2023 / 12:13
Our actions are nothing more than scattered, uncoordinated actions, and we want, using false names, to earn honor. Virtue demands that it be observed for its own sake; and if sometimes they hide behind it for other purposes, it immediately tears the mask off your face.
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Viker 07-12-2023 / 12:13
The greatest thing in the world is self-control.
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Viker 07-12-2023 / 12:13
The most valiant are sometimes the most unlucky.
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Viker 07-12-2023 / 12:13
