The prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk – they are all part of the curriculum.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThe world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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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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If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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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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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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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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The thing I fear most is fear.
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