Ambition is not a vice of little people.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThe prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk – they are all part of the curriculum.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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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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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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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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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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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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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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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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