Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEI write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind – and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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The prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk – they are all part of the curriculum.
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In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them… Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.
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My trade and art is to live.
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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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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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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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