Michel de Montaigne Quotes on Mind
Michel de Montaigne was a French Renaissance philosopher and the inventor of the modern essay. This page collects quotes attributed to Michel de Montaigne on the topic of mind, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“The thing I fear most is fear.”
C'est ce de quoi j'ai le plus de peur que la peur. -
Attributed to Michel de Montaigne:
“He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.”
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“A strong memory is commonly coupled with infirm judgment.”
Ch. 9. Of Liars (tr. Cotton, rev. W. Carew Hazlitt, 1877) -
“It is not without good reason said, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.”
Book I | Ch. 9. Of Liars (tr. Cotton, rev. W. Hazlitt, 1842) -
“The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold...The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war betwixt princes.”
Book II | Ch. 12 (tr. Cotton, rev. W. Carew Hazlitt, 1877) -
“Non pudeat dicere, quod non pudet sentire : "Let no man be ashamed to speak what he is not ashamed to think."”
Book III | Book III, Ch. 4 [2] -
“There is no man so good that if he placed all his actions and thoughts under the scrutiny of the laws , he would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.”
Book III