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.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEHow many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
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It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
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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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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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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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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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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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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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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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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 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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Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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