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 MONTAIGNETis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.
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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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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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