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A hair shirt does not always render those chaste who wear it.

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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
Translator
Writer
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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Render
Shirt
Shirts
Wear
Clothes
Hair
Fashion
Doe
Chaste

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If not for that of conscience, yet at least for ambition's sake, let us reject ambition, let us disdain that thirst of honor and renown, so low and mendicant that it makes us beg it of all sorts of people.
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Our own peculiar human condition is that we are as fit to be laughed at as able to laugh.
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All we do is to look after the opinions and learning of others: we ought to make them our own.
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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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It is not necessity but abundance which produces greed.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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A lady could not boast of her chastity who was never tempted.
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Satiety comes of too frequent repetition and he who will not give himself leisure to be thirsty can never find the true pleasure of drinking
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We judge a horse not only by its pace on a racecourse, but also by its walk, nay, when resting in its stable.
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Knowledge is an excellent drug but no drug has virtue enough to preserve itself from corruption and decay, if the vessel be tainted and impure wherein it is put to keep.
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I honor most those to whom I show least honor and where my soul moves with great alacrity, I forget the proper steps of ceremony.
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All the opinions in the world point out that pleasure is our aim.
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The plague of man is the opinion of knowledge. That is why ignorance is so recommended by our religion as a quality suitable to belief and obedience.
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If I were of the trade, I should naturalize art as much as they artialize nature.
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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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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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O human creature,you are the investigator without knowledge, the magistrate without jurisdiction, and all in all, the fool of the farce.
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Our zeal works wonders, whenever it supports our inclination toward hatred, cruelty, ambition.
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