We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEConfidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
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Those who have compared our life to a dream were right… we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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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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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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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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