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 MONTAIGNENothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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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.
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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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There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
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We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
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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.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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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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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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