There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEWe are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
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Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.
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If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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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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