She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIt is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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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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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind – and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.
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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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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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