It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNELet us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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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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The thing I fear most is fear.
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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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If a man urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it was he, because it was myself.
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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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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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If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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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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