Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNELet us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.
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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
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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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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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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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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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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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If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.
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