Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThe confidence in another man’s virtue is no light evidence of a man’s own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
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The confidence in another man’s virtue is no light evidence of a man’s own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
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The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
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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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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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