There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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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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If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
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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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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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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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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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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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