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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne One may be humble out of pride.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne My trade and art is to live.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne Ambition is not a vice of little people.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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