Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEValor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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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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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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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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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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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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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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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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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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We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
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There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.
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My trade and art is to live.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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