Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIf 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.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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The confidence in another man’s virtue is no light evidence of a man’s own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
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If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately.
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Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
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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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A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.
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