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Quote of Michel de Montaigne - It is doubtless a fine harmony...


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

It is doubtless a fine harmony when doing and saying go together.


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Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
C’est sans doute une belle harmonie quand le faire et le dire vont ensemble.

German
Es ist ohne Zweifel eine schöne Harmonie, wenn das Sagen und das Tun zusammen gehen.




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But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.

To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome.

Philosophize, to think your life and to live your thoughts: for that is what philosophy is.

Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.

In conversation one ought to follow closely what is being said; in the field of impulse to follow what is happening; in the latter case to see immediately what is the object of reference, in the former to mark closely the meaning expressed.




Quotes for: action


Quotes

Quotes about action:


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





One should be light like a bird, and not like a feather.





Often he who omits an act does injustice, not only he who commits an act.





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





Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.





Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law.











Quotes for: harmony


Quotes

Quotes for: harmony


Out of clutter find simplicity ; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.





Harmony between two individuals is never granted - it has to be conquered indefinitely.





Wisdom is harmony.





When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.





From things that differ comes the most beautiful harmony.





He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.











Quotes

Michel de Montaigne also said...


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





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





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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