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Princes give mee sufficiently, if they take nothing from me, and doe me much good, if they doe me no hurt: it is all I require of them.
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
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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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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In my youth I studied for ostentation later, a little to gain wisdom now, for recreation never for gain.
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We are nearer neighbors to ourselves than the whiteness of snow or the weight of stones are to us: if man does not know himself, how should he know his functions and powers?
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A man must keep a little back shop where he can be himself without reserve. In solitude alone can he know true freedom.
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Writing does not cause misery. It is born of misery.
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Examples teach us that in military affairs, and all others of a like nature, study is apt to enervate and relax the courage of man, rather than to give strength and energy to the mind.
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I have never observed other effects of whipping than to render boys more cowardly, or more willfully obstinate.
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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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There is no desire more natural than the desire of knowledge. (Il n'est desir plus naturel que le desir de connaissance)
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In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection otherwise you only make so many asses laden with books.
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The only good histories are those that have been written by the persons themselves who commanded in the affairs whereof they write.
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A strong imagination begetteth opportunity.
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Truly man is a marvelously vain, diverse, and undulating object. It is hard to found any constant and uniform judgment on him.
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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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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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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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Order a purge for your brain, it will there be much better employed than upon your stomach.
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It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness.
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We are born to inquire after truth it belongs to a greater power to possess it. It is not, as Democritus said, hid in the bottom of the deeps, but rather elevated to an infinite height in the divine knowledge.
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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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