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.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEHow many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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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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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.
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Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way.
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Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.
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The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One.
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Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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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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The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them… Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
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