I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThere is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
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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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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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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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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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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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He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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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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The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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My trade and art is to live.
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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