It is in vain that we get upon stilts, for once on them, it is still w…

Michel de Montaigne
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It is in vain that we get upon stilts, for once on them, it is still with our legs that we must walk. And on the highest throne in the world we are still sitting on our own ass.
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Our religion is made to eradicate vices, instead it encourages them, covers them, and nurtures them.
We must not attach knowledge to the mind, we have to incorporate it there. ✨ Essais by Michel de Montaigne, Book I, Ch. 25, 1595.
The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (2016). Delphi Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne (Illustrated), p.894, Delphi Classics
Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1979). Essays
There is as much difference between us and ourselves as there is between us and others. ✨ Michel De Montaigne, James B Atkinson, David Sices (2012). Selected Essays: With La Boetie's Discourse on Vol … ▶

It is in vain that we get upon stilts, for once on them, it is still with our legs that we must walk. And on the highest throne in the world we are still sitting on our own ass.

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