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It is an absolute perfection and virtually divine to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
Michel de Montaigne
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Michel de Montaigne
Age: 59 †
Born: 1533
Born: February 28
Died: 1592
Died: September 13
Autobiographer
Essayist
French Moralist
Jurist
Philosopher
Poet Lawyer
Politician
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
Enjoy
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Virtually
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Divine
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I had rather complain of ill-fortune than be ashamed of victory.
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I see this evident, that we willingly accord to piety only the services that flatter our passions.
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Since we cannot attain unto it, let us revenge ourselves by railing at it and yet it is not absolutely railing against anything, to proclaim its defects, because they are in all things to be found, how beautiful or how much to be coveted soever.
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No man dies before his hour. The time you leave behind was no more yours, than that which was before your birth, and concerneth you no more.
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'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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It needs courage to be afraid.
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The only good histories are those written by those who had command in the events they describe.
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Love to his soul gave eyes he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life the world around him is the dream.
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If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.
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Women when they marry buy a cat in the bag.
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There is as much difference between us and ourselves as there is between us and others.
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It is not without good reason, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.
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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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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.
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He who falls obstinate in his courage, if he falls he fights from his knees.
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As far as I am concerned, no road that would lead us to health is either arduous or expensive.
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It is easier to sacrifice great than little things.
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The human face is a weak guarantee yet it deserves some consideration. And if I had to whip the wicked, I would do so more severely to those who belied and betrayed the promises that nature had implanted on their brows I would punish malice more harshly when it was hidden under a kindly appearance.
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