In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEOf all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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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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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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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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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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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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How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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