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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
Michel de Montaigne
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Michel de Montaigne
Age: 59 †
Born: 1533
Born: February 28
Died: 1592
Died: September 13
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French Moralist
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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Ambition is, of all other, the most contrary humor to solitude and glory and repose are so inconsistent that they cannot possibly inhabit one and the same place and for so much as I understand, those have only their arms and legs disengaged from the crowd, their mind and intention remain engaged behind more than ever.
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I look upon the too good opinion that man has of himself, as the nursing mother of all false opinions, both public and private.
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Nature has, herself, I fear, imprinted in man a kind of instinct to inhumanity.
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Thus we should beware of clinging to vulgar opinions, and judge things by reason's way, not by popular say.
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No wonder, said an Ancient, that chance has so much power over us, since it is by chance that we live.
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Children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
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He whose mouth is out of taste says the wine is flat.
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