No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNENothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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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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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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.
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A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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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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For truly it is to be noted, that children’s plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
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Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
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