Values Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about values.

Alexander Hubbleton

Alexander Hubbleton

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Man is a rational animal, but not a reasonable animal.

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

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Freedom is, in philosophy, reason; in art, inspiration; in politics, right.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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Even if I could make myself fearsome, I would prefer to make myself kind.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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Every honorable person would rather lose honor than lose conscience.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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Of all the benefits that virtue brings us, one of the greatest is the contempt for death.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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He who does not live in some way for others, also does not live for himself.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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Life is not in itself neither good nor bad, but the place of good or bad, depending on whether man practices one or the other.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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Nobody fares badly for a long time without being at fault themselves.

Montesquieu

Montesquieu

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I prefer to quickly agree with most people rather than listen to them.

Montesquieu

Montesquieu

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It seems that our life increases when we can place it in the memory of others: It is a new life that we acquire and find precious.

Montesquieu

Montesquieu

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To be truly great, one must be with the people, not above them.

Montesquieu

Montesquieu

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Freedom consists of being able to do what one ought to do.