I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEUnless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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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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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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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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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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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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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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