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Socrates thought and so do I that the wisest theory about the gods is no theory at all.
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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We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by thoughts about life.
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An orator of past times declared that his calling was to make small things appear to be grand.
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Off I go, rummaging about in books for sayings which please me.
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That is why Bias jested with those who were going through the perils of a great storm with him and calling on the gods for help: Shut up, he said, so that they do not realize that you are here with me.
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Meditation is a rich and powerful method of study for anyone who knows how to examine his mind.
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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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Glory and repose are things that cannot possibly inhabit in one and the same place.
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Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.
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To say less of yourself than is true is stupidity, not modesty. To pay yourself less than you are worth is cowardice and pusillanimity.
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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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Nor is it enough to toughen up his soul you must also toughen up his muscles.
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Intelligence is required to be able to know that a man knows not.
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It is the rule of rules, and the general law of all laws, that every person should observe those of the place where he is.
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A man should think less of what he eats and more with whom he eats because no food is so satisfying as good company.
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