Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEPoverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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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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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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One may be humble out of pride.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
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