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Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly

By Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
What harm cause not those huge draughts or pictures which wanton youth with chalk or coals draw in each passage, wall or stairs of our great houses, whence a cruel contempt of our natural store is bred in them?

By Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
We are born to inquire into truth it belongs to a greater to possess it.

By Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Virtue craves a steep and thorny path.

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To philosophize is nothing else than to prepare oneself for death.

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To philosophize is to doubt

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There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains the most universal quality is diversity.

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There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline.

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The want of goods is easily repaired, but the poverty of the soul is irreparable.

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The plainest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness: her state is like that of things in the regions above the moon, always clear and serene

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The greatist thing in the world is for a man to know how to be himself.

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The finest lives, in my opinion, are those who rank in the common model, and with the human race, but without miracle, without extravagance.

By Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Riches, like glory or heath, have no more beauty or pleasure than their possessor is pleased to lend them.

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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.

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Marriage is like a cage one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

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Man is quite insane. He wouldn't know how to create a maggot, and he creates Gods by the dozen.

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It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness.

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How many things which served us yesterday as articles of faith, are fables for us today.

By Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
He who would teach men to die would at the same time teach them to live.

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He who fears he will suffer, already suffers because of his fear.

By Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
God gives us our relatives- thank God we can choose our friends.

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Friendship is the highest degree of perfection in society.

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Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom.

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Children's playthings are not sports and should be deemed as their most serious actions.

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Anyone who does not feel sufficiently strong in memory should not meddle with lying.

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A learned person is not learned in everything; but the capable person is capable in everything, even in what he is ignorant of

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Philosophy is doubt.

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My reason is not framed to bend or stoop: my knees are.

By Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Lying is a terrible vice, it testifies that one despises God, but fears men.

By Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
We need very strong ears to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure frank criticism without being stung by it, those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act of friendship, for to undertake to wound or offend a man for his own good is to have a healthy love for him.

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