There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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The prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk – they are all part of the curriculum.
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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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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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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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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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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
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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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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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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.
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