Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIt is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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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.
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Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
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Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
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In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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