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Eloquence is an engine invented to manage and wield at will the fierce democracy, and, like medicine to the sick, is only employed in the paroxysms of a disordered state.
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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The beginnings of all things are weak and tender. We must therefore be clear-sighted in the beginnings, for, as in their budding we discern not the danger, so in their full growth we perceive not the remedy.
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There is no doubt that Greek and Latin are great and handsome ornaments, but we buy them too dear.
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O human creature,you are the investigator without knowledge, the magistrate without jurisdiction, and all in all, the fool of the farce.
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The honor we receive from those that fear us, is not honor those respects are paid to royalty and not to me.
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In my opinion, every rich man is a miser.
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There is nothing of evil in life for him who rightly comprehends that death is no evil to know how to die delivers us from all subjection and constraint.
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Men ... are not agreed about any one thing, not even that heaven is over our heads.
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A man must always study, but he must not always go to school: what a contemptible thing is an old abecedarian!
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Every one is well or ill at ease, according as he finds himself! not he whom the world believes, but he who believes himself to be so, is content and in him alone belief gives itself being and reality
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The thing in the world I am most afraid of is fear.
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Every movement reveals us.
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The knowledge of courtesy and good manners is a very necessary study. It is like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and an inclination to love one another at the first sight.
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If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
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A man must not always tell all, for that be folly but what a man says should be what he thinks.
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We owe subjection and obedience to all our kings, whether good or bad, alike, for that has respect unto their office but as to esteem and affection, these are only due to their virtue.
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Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way.
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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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