I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEWe only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.
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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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