If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThe 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.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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For truly it is to be noted, that children’s plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
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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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In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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