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Dreams are faithful interpreters of our inclinations but there is art required to sort and understand them.
Michel de Montaigne
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Michel de Montaigne
Age: 59 †
Born: 1533
Born: February 28
Died: 1592
Died: September 13
Autobiographer
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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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Shame on all eloquence which leaves us with a taste for itself and not for its substance.
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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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A strong imagination begetteth opportunity.
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Things seem greater by imagination than they are in effect.
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When Socrates, after being relieved of his irons, felt the relish of the itching that their weight had caused in his legs, he rejoiced to consider the close alliance between pain and pleasure.
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Our wisdom and deliberation for the most part follow the lead of chance.
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Is it reasonable that even the arts should take advantage of and profit by our natural stupidity and feebleness of mind?
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Make use of life while you have it. Whether you have lived enough depends upon yourself, not on the number of your years.
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Socrates and then Archesilaus used to make their pupils speak first they spoke afterwards. 'Obest plerumque iss discere volunt authoritas eorum qui docent.' [For those who want to learn, the obstacle can often be the authority of those who teach]
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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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