Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIf you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately.
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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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
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Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.
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The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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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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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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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.
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