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Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.
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
Obsession
Madness
Genius
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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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If your doctor does not think it good for you to sleep, to drink wine, or to eat of a particular dish, do not worry I will find you another who will not agree with him.
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It is probable that the principal credit of miracles, visions, enchantments, and such extraordinary occurrences comes from the power of imagination, acting principally upon the minds of the common people, which are softer.
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He loves little who loves by rule.
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Words repeated again have as another sound, so another sense.
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Virtue can have naught to do with ease. . . . It craves a steep and thorny path.
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Intelligence is required to be able to know that a man knows not.
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There are few men who dare to publish to the world the prayers they make to Almighty God.
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Obstinacy and heat in argument are surest proofs of folly. Is there anything so stubborn, obstinate, disdainful, contemplative, grave, or serious, as an ass?
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A learned man is not learned in all things but a sufficient man is sufficient throughout, even to ignorance itself.
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When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss his accusations of himself are always believed his praises never.
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Life in itself is neither good nor evil, it is the place of good and evil, according to what you make it.
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The soul that has no established aim loses itself
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It needs courage to be afraid.
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He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear.
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All the opinions in the world point out that pleasure is our aim.
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No doctor takes pleasure in the health even of his friends.
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It is a human tendency to measure truth and error by our capacity.
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To honor him whom we have made is far from honoring him that hath made us.
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