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.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThere is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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There 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.
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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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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it.
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The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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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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Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
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The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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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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It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
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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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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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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them… Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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