One may be humble out of pride.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThe finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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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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I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way.
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The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately.
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We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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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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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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