I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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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Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
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The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them… Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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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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I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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