The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNELove 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.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man’s estate.
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The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
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I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it.
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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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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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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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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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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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We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.
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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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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.
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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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