The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEI do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
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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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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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My trade and art is to live.
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Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.
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I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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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 only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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