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.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEAn untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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 are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
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The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them.
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We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
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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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One may be humble out of pride.
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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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