The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
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 ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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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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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them… Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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