Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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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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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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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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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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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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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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
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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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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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