The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEWe only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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If a man urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it was he, because it was myself.
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The confidence in another man’s virtue is no light evidence of a man’s own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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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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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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