I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEDeath, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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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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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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Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
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Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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