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.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEValor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.
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Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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