The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
Quote by Michel De Montaigne
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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Michel De Montaigne Quotes
- A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
- I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.
- If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
- I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
- Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.
- Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
- There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
- The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
- It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.
- We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
Best Quotes
- Freedom. Freedom of religion. Freedom to speak their mind. Freedom to build a life. And yes, freedom to build a business. With their own hands. This is the essence of the American experience.
- If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.
- The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
- Every cliche about kids is true they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy.
- Working moms commonly testify that they feel guilty when they are away from their children and guilty when they are not at their jobs. Devoted fathers certainly miss their children deeply, but it does not seem to be with the same gnawing, primal anxiety that often afflicts women.
- Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power to that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.
- I'm a mom - I'm lucky if I get to shower in the morning. Luckily, nail polish stays on my toes. I've been so bad on the upkeep, though.
- I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic.
- Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
- It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.