It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEConfidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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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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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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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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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
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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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The prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk – they are all part of the curriculum.
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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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