There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThere is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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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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Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.
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Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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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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