How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNENothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
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It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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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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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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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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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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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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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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