One may be humble out of pride.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEA man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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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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Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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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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Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One.
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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
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The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them… Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
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We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.
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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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