We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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Those who have compared our life to a dream were right… we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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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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There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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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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My trade and art is to live.
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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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For truly it is to be noted, that children’s plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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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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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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