The prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk – they are all part of the curriculum.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEConfidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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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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There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.
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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 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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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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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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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
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