Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThe soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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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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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
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The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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My trade and art is to live.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately.
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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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