The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIt is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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One may be humble out of pride.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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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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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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