Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEA man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
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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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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately.
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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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