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Men of simple understanding, little inquisitive and little instructed, make good Christians.
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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Wisdom is a solid and entire building, of which every piece keeps its place and bears its mark.
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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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We are more unhappy to see people ahead of us than happy to see people behind us.
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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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It is not my deeds that I write down, it is myself, my essence.
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Malice sucks up the greatest part of its own venom, and poisons itself.
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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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We need to interpret interpretations more than to interpret things.
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Honesty is a question of right and wrong, not a matter of policy
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I am one of those who hold that poetry is never so blithe as in a wanton and irregular subject.
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For table-talk, I prefer the pleasant and witty before the learned and the grave in bed, beauty before goodness.
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The first distinction among men, and the first consideration that gave one precedence over another, was doubtless the advantage of beauty.
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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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Our skin is provided as adequately as theirs with endurance against the assaults of the weather: witness so many nations who have not yet tried the use of any clothes. Our ancient Gauls wore hardly any clothes nor do the Irish, our neighbors, under so cold a sky.
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I see several animals that live so entire and perfect a life, some without sight, others without hearing: who knows whether to us also one, two, or three, or many other senses, may not be wanting?
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Age imprints more wrinkles a in the mind, than it does in the face, and souls are never, or very rarely seen, that in growing old do not smell sour and musty. Man moves all together, both towards his perfection and decay.
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Marriage can be compared to a cage: birds outside it despair to enter, and birds within, to escape.
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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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In plain Truth, it is no Want, but rather Abundance that creates Avarice.
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The clatter of arms drowns out the voice of law.
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