If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThe prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk – they are all part of the curriculum.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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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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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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My trade and art is to live.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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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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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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