There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEAmbition is not a vice of little people.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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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 have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
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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.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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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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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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