A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThere is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One.
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Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
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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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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
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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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