My trade and art is to live.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEFortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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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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The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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