I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEFortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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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 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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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
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For truly it is to be noted, that children’s plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
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It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
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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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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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