Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIf you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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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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Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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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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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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