We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIf ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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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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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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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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If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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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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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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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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