Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThe ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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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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The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
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How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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