The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEI do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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Those who have compared our life to a dream were right… we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.
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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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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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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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