There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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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The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them.
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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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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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The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One.
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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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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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One may be humble out of pride.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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