The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
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Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.
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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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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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I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it.
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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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The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them.
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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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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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We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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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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