A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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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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Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
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The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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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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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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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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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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Those who have compared our life to a dream were right… we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.
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The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them.
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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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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.
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