No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIgnorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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My trade and art is to live.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
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It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.
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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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