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.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThe ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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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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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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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.
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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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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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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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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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