We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEI have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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My trade and art is to live.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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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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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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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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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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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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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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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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