Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEHow many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man’s estate.
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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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