A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThe finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind – and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.
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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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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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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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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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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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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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I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.
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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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