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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

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


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French
Quand on me contrarie, on éveille mon attention, non pas ma colère : je m'avance vers celui qui me contredit, qui m'instruit.

German
Gibt man mir Kontra, erregt das meine Aufmerksamkeit, nicht meinen Zorn. Dem, der mir widerspricht, öffne ich mich: Ich lerne ja von ihm.




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If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do.

I have laboured carefully, not to mock, lament, or execrate, but to understand human actions.

Let us enrich ourselves with our mutual differences.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Love your Enemies, for they tell you your faults.

We all err, but everybody errs differently.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I could not learn something from him.

Suppose a man can convince me of error and bring home to me that I am mistaken in thought or act; I shall be glad to alter, for the truth is what I pursue, and no one was ever injured by the truth, whereas he is injured who continues in his own self-deception and ignorance.




Quotes for: anger


Quotes

Quotes for: anger


Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.





With the good man anger is quick to die.





If I were not king, I should lose my temper.





Anger is a short madness.





So when any one makes you angry, know that it is your own thought that has angered you.





Anger is the wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.











Quotes

Michel de Montaigne also said...


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.





My trade and art is to live.












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