Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNERejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind – and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.
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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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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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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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Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it.
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Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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