It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEFew men have been admired of their familiars.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.
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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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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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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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If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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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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Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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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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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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