The prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk – they are all part of the curriculum.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEMy trade and art is to live.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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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 set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man’s estate.
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Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
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The confidence in another man’s virtue is no light evidence of a man’s own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
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My trade and art is to live.
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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them.
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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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He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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