I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNENothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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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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There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.
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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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