Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEShe will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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The thing I fear most is fear.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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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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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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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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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.
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Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.
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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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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 can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
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