Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEDeath, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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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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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
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I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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