Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNELet us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man’s estate.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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For truly it is to be noted, that children’s plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
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There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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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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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
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My trade and art is to live.
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