If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEEvery man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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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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He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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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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Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
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