Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIf you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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Those who have compared our life to a dream were right… we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.
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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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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.
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If a man urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it was he, because it was myself.
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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