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The great and glorious masterpiece of humanity is to know how to live with a purpose.
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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Some, either from being glued to vice by a natural attachment, or from long habit, no longer recognize its ugliness.
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There is a plague on Man, the opinion that he knows something.
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Glory consists of two parts: the one in setting too great a value upon ourselves, and the other in setting too little a value upon others.
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To distract myself from tiresome thoughts, I have only to resort to books they easily draw my mind to themselves and away from other things.
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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
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We may so seize on virtue, that if we embrace it with an overgreedy and violent desire, it may become vicious.
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Tis faith alone that vividly and certainly comprehends the deep mysteries of our religion.
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Great authors, when they write about causes, adduce not only those they think are true but also those they do not believe in, provided they have some originality and beauty. They speak truly and usefully enough if they speak ingeniously.
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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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We must learn to endure what we cannot avoid. Our life is composed, like the harmony of the world, of contrary things, also of different tones, sweet and harsh, sharp and flat, soft and loud. If a musician liked only one kind, what would he have to say?
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I do not correct my first imaginings by my second--well, yes, perhaps a word or so, but only to vary, not to delete. I want to represent the course of my humors and I want people to see each part at its birth.
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The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
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I do not believe, from what I have been told about this people, that there is anything barbarous or savage about them, except that we all call barbarous anything that is contrary to our own habits.
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Philosophical discussions habitually make men happy and joyful not frowning and sad.
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The most universal quality is diversity.
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Health is a precious thing, and the only one, in truth, meriting that a man should lay out not only his time, sweat, labor and goods, but also life itself to obtain it.
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The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
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It should be noted that children at play are not playing about their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
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Obstinacy and dogmatism are the surest signs of stupidity. Is there anything more confident, resolute, disdainful, grave and serious than an ass?
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them if they will not apply themselves to me.
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