How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNENo wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.
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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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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
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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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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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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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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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