Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEAn untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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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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For truly it is to be noted, that children’s plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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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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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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