It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEHow many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man’s estate.
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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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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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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
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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 quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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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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