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.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEOf all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.
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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
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If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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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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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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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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The prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk – they are all part of the curriculum.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.
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