Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThere is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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Those who have compared our life to a dream were right… we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.
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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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Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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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 prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk – they are all part of the curriculum.
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The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
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