Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
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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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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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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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them.
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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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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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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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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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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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