The confidence in another man’s virtue is no light evidence of a man’s own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
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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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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The prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk – they are all part of the curriculum.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.
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There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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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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Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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