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Michel De Montaigne Inspirational Quotes (585)

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Gentleness and repose are paramount to everything else in woman.
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The relish of good and evil depends in a great measure upon the opinion we have of them.
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Glory and repose are things that cannot possibly inhabit in one and the same place.
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A man should think less of what he eats and more with whom he eats because no food is so satisfying as good company.
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It is not necessity but abundance which produces greed.
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All opinions in the world agree in this, that pleasure is our end, although they differ as to the means of attaining it.
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Learning is a good medicine: but no medicine is powerful enough to preserve itself from taint and corruption independently of defects in the jar that it is kept in. One man sees clearly but does not see straight: consequently he sees what is good but fails to follow it he sees knowledge and does not use it.
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Men are tormented by the opinions they have of things, and not the things themselves.
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I love a friendship that flatters itself in the sharpness and vigor of its communications.
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Every man has within himself the entire human condition
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To smell, though well, is to stink.
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Silence and modesty are very valuable qualities in conversation.
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After they had accustomed themselves at Rome to the spectacles of the slaughter of animals, they proceeded to those of the slaughter of men, to the gladiators.
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The most fruitful and natural exercise for our minds is, in my opinion, conversation.
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If people must be talking about me, I would have it to be truthfully and justly. I would willingly return from the next world to contradict any person who described me other than I was, although he did it to honour me.
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He who is not sure of his memory, should not undertake the trade of lying.
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He who falls obstinate in his courage, if he falls he fights from his knees.
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Whatever can be done another day can be done today.
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A man never speaks of himself without losing something. What he says in his disfavor is always beleived, but when he commends himself, he arouses mistrust.
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He who lives not to others, lives little to himself.
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He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear.
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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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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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The plague of man is boasting of his knowledge.
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