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The soul that has no established aim loses itself
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
Jurist
Philosopher
Poet Lawyer
Politician
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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Presumption is our natural and original malady. The most vulnerable and frail of all creatures is man, and at the same time the most arrogant.
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As far as fidelity is concerned, there is no animal in the world as treacherous as man.
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Honesty is a question of right and wrong, not a matter of policy
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Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are found and perfected by degrees, by often handling and polishing.
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Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self.
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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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It is fear that I stand most in fear of, in sharpness it exceeds every other feeling.
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To honor him whom we have made is far from honoring him that hath made us.
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Saying is one thing and doing is another
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Judgement holds in me a magisterial seat, at least it carefully tries to. It lets my feelings go their way, both hatred and friendship, even the friendship I bear myself, without being changed and corrupted by them.
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There is no wish more natural than the wish to know.
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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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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 world is but a school of inquisition it is not who shall enter the ring, but who shall run the best courses.
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Whatever the Benefits of Fortune are , they yet require a Palate fit to relish and taste them 'Tis Fruition, and not Possession, that renders us Happy.
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There is no greater enemy to those who would please than expectation.
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Obstinacy and contention are common qualities, most appearing in, and best becoming, a mean and illiterate soul.
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I have here only made a nosegay of culled flowers, and have brought nothing of my own but the thread that tied them together.
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A hair shirt does not always render those chaste who wear it.
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The oldest and best known evil was ever more supportable than one that was new and untried.
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