I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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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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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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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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The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them… Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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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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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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