Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThose who have compared our life to a dream were right… we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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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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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them… Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.
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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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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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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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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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