There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEOf all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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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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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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The confidence in another man’s virtue is no light evidence of a man’s own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
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If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately.
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I quote others only in order the better to express 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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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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