I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIt is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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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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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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The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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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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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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