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The daughter-in-law of Pythagoras said that a woman who goes to bed with a man ought to lay aside her modesty with her skirt, and put it on again with her petticoat
Michel de Montaigne
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Michel de Montaigne
Age: 59 †
Born: 1533
Born: February 28
Died: 1592
Died: September 13
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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All opinions in the world agree in this, that pleasure is our end, although they differ as to the means of attaining it.
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Speaking is half his that speaks, and half his that hears.
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Petty vexations may at times be petty, but still they are vexations. The smallest and most inconsiderable annoyances are the most piercing. As small letters weary the eye most, so the smallest affairs disturb us most.
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I may indeed very well happen to contradict myself but truth, as Demades said, I do not contradict.
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We should be similarly wary of accepting common opinions we should judge them by the ways of reason not by popular vote.
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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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What kind of truth is it which has these mountains as its boundary and is a lie beyond them?
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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After they had accustomed themselves at Rome to the spectacles of the slaughter of animals, they proceeded to those of the slaughter of men, to the gladiators.
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It is only reasonable to allow the administration of affairs to mothers before their children reach the age prescribed by law at which they themselves can be responsible. But that father would have reared them ill who could not hope that in their maturity they would have more wisdom and competence than his wife.
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Excellent memories are often coupled with feeble judgments.
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My home...It is my retreat and resting place from wars, I try to keep this corner as a haven against the tempest outside, as I do another corner in my soul.
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Travelling through the world produces a marvellous clarity in the judgment of men. We are all of us confined and enclosed within ourselves, and see no farther than the end of our nose.
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In my opinion it is the happy living, and not, as Antisthenes said, the happy lying, in which human happiness consists.
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