He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEMy trade and art is to live.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.
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I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind – and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.
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The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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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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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
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The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
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Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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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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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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If a man urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it was he, because it was myself.
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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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