Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThere is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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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.
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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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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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Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
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