Morality
Quotes & Thinkers in Morality
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"He who should teach men to die would at the same time teach them to live."
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Michel de Montaigne
Philosophy
1533–1592
"He who should teach men to die would at the same time teach them to live."
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🇺🇸John T. Noonan Jr.
Law
1926–2017
"In ancient Israel and Rome the judge had appeared as a stand-in for the divine, and corruption was a blinding of the representative of the divine."
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Notable Quotes
"The day of your birth is one day’s advance towards the grave."
— Michel de Montaigne, b. 1533View →
"Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself."
— Michel de Montaigne, b. 1533View →
"I, who have so much and so universally adored this , "excellent mediocrity," 32 of ancient times, and who have concluded the most moderate measure the most perfect, shall I pretend to an unreasonable and prodigious old age?"
— Michel de Montaigne, b. 1533View →
"A strong memory is commonly coupled with infirm judgment."
— Michel de Montaigne, b. 1533View →
"He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak."
— Michel de Montaigne, b. 1533View →