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.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
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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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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One.
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My trade and art is to live.
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If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
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