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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.

Michel de Montaigne

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The confidence in another man’s virtue is no light evidence of a man’s own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Another Confidence Confident Evidence Favor God Man Own Such Virtue Willing
Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil’s alphabet – the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Alphabet Begin Both Corrupt Covetousness Die Last Nature Vice
I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind – and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Contradiction Go Keep Mad Mankind Myself Some Work Write
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.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Content Contractor Mind Sign Weariness
I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Great Him Injury Lie Myself So Tell Try Whom
It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Absolute Being Divine Enjoy How Perfection Rightfully Virtual
Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Age Criminal Dangerous Educational Gentle Law Leave Libeert One Strict Youth
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Able Event Govern Myself
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.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Dare Grow Little More Much Older Speak Truth Would
If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Give Him Importance Love Man Reason
It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Activity Children Game Minded Most Note Play Seen Serious Should
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.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Answer Express Feel Love Man Myself Urge Wherefore
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Between God Husband Lind Marriage Wife
If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Adequately Die Fully How Know Nature Spot Tell To What Worry
There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Entire Family Government Manage Much Private State Vexation
The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Beautiful Open Raedymall Soul Thing Universal

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