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There is nothing useless in nature not even uselessness 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
Uselessness
Useless
Nature
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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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We are more solicitous that men speak of us, than how they speak.
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Long life, and short, are by death made all one for there is no long, nor short, to things that are no more.
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When I quote others I do so in order to express my own ideas more clearly.
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Thus we should beware of clinging to vulgar opinions, and judge things by reason's way, not by popular say.
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Reason has so many forms that we do not know which to choose-Experiment has no fewer.
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Some impose upon the world that they believe that which they do not others, more in number, make themselves believe that they believe, not being able to penetrate into what it is to believe.
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The world always looks straights ahead as for me, I turn my gaze inward, I fix it there and keep it busy. Everyone looks in front of him: as for me, I look inside me: I have no business but with myself I continually observe myself, I take stock of myself, I taste myself. Others...they always go forward as for me, I roll about in myself.
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In plain Truth, it is no Want, but rather Abundance that creates Avarice.
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The pleasure we hold in esteem for the course of our lives ought to have a greater share of our time dedicated to it we should refuse no occasion nor omit any opportunity of drinking, and always have it in our minds.
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If I were of the trade, I should naturalize art as much as they artialize nature.
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I look upon the too good opinion that man has of himself, as the nursing mother of all false opinions, both public and private.
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Our speech has its weaknesses and its defects, like all the rest. Most of the occasions for the troubles of the world are grammatical.
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It should be noted that children at play are not playing about their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
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Is there anything so grave and serious as an ass?
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Seneca's virtue shows forth so live and vigorous in his writings, and the defense is so clear there against some of these imputations, as that of his wealth and excessive spending, that I would not believe any testimony to the contrary.
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A man must either imitate the vicious or hate them.
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If others examined themselves attentively, as I do, they would find themselves, as I do, full of inanity and nonsense. Get rid of it I cannot without getting rid of myself.
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