Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEI know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.
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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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