Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEMy life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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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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In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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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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The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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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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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 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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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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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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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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