Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEAn untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
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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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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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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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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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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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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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