Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEUnless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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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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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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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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