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Michel de Montaigne

Quote of Michel de Montaigne - There is nothing so beautiful and...


Biography - Michel de Montaigne:

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is a French Renaissance writer and philosopher.
Born: 1533 - Died: 1592
Period:
16th century
Place of birth: France
France

There is nothing so beautiful and legitimate as to play the man well and properly.


Note 

Note



Other Version: "There is nothing so fine and legitimate as well and duly to play the man."


Quote source: Essays



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Il n'est rien si beau et légitime que de faire bien l'homme et dûment.

German
Es gibt nichts Schöneres und Legitimeres, als den Menschen zu spielen, wie es sich gehört




See also 

See also...



While you live, while it is in your power, be good.

It is by playing the man, or the woman well that one helps humanity to exist. And it is necessary: it needs you just as you need it!

I am rising to the work of a human being.




Quotes for: good


Quotes

Quotes for: good


The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.





Do not wait to be perfect to start something good.





Where all is well, there is no such thing as injustice. Justice and goodness are inseparable.





The best is the enemy of good.





To do good needs no consideration.





Delve within; within is the fountain of good, and it is always ready to bubble up, if you always delve.











Quotes for: Man


Quotes

Quotes about man, all human beings:


Man is the future of man.





No man is weak by choice.





Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.





The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.





Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.





I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.











Quotes

Michel de Montaigne also said...


When someone opposes me, he arouses my attention, not my anger. I go to greet a man who contradicts me, who instructs me.





I think my opinions are good and sound, but who does not think the same of his own?





The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.





The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.





Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness.





There are certain things that we hide in order to reveal them.












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