There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNETis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it.
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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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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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