Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEConfidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.
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We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil’s alphabet – the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.
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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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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.
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