I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEI set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man’s estate.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.
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It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
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How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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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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When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
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