There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEMy trade and art is to live.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
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Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.
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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.
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