There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEA wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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If a man urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it was he, because it was myself.
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Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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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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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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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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The confidence in another man’s virtue is no light evidence of a man’s own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
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It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.
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A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.
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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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