Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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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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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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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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In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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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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