I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIf ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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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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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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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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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
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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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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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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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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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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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