#others

Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#conform #finer #kind #lethargy #once

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#lend #others #yourself

Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#honesty #honesty is #integrity #light #others

I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#borrowing #care #i #i am #i care

It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#against #brain #good #others #our

I quote others only in order the better to express myself. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#express #i #myself #only #order

I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#except #i #i do #mind #minds

What gives it its human character is that the individual through language addresses himself in the role of the others in the group and thus becomes aware of them in his own conduct. ↗

— George H. Mead

#becomes #character #conduct #gives #group

Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others. ↗

— Mencius

#duty #every #oneself #others #root

Pleasures flit by - they are only for yourself; work leaves a mark of long-lasting joy, work is for others. ↗

— Dmitri Mendeleev

#leaves #long-lasting #mark #only #others