There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIt is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.
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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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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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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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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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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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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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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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