It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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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It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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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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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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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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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One.
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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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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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