Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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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Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil’s alphabet – the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.
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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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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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Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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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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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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