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.
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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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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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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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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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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If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately.
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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My trade and art is to live.
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