I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind – and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEAge imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
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Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
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If 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.
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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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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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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.
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