I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEI study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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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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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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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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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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In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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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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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
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I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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