My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEAn untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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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.
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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
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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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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.
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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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