It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThe beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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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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The thing I fear most is fear.
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The confidence in another man’s virtue is no light evidence of a man’s own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.
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There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
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It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.
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