It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEHow many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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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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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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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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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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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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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
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My trade and art is to live.
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It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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