He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.
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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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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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Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil’s alphabet – the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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