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It is the rule of rules, and the general law of all laws, that every person should observe those of the place where he is.

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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
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As by some might be saide of me: that here I have but gathered a nosegay of strange floures, and have put nothing of mine unto it, but the thred to binde them. Certes, I have given unto publike opinion, that these borrowed ornaments accompany me but I meane not they should cover or hide me.
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I want death to find me planting my cabbages, but careless of death, and still more of my unfinished garden.
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I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
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So it is with minds. Unless you keep them busy with some definite subject that will bridle and control them, they throw themselves in disorder hither and yon in the vague field of imagination... And there is no mad or idle fancy that they do not bring forth in the agitation.
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Repentance is no other than a recanting of the will, and opposition to our fancies, which lead us which way they please.
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'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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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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I love a friendship that flatters itself in the sharpness and vigor of its communications.
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The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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All we do is to look after the opinions and learning of others: we ought to make them our own.
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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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Princes give mee sufficiently, if they take nothing from me, and doe me much good, if they doe me no hurt: it is all I require of them.
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It is an absolute perfection... to get the very most out of one's individuality.
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The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use some men have lived long, and lived little attend to it while you are in it. It lies in your will, not in the number of years, for you to have lived enough.
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Nobody is exempt from saying stupid things, the harm is to do it presumptuously.
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Behold the hands, how they promise, conjure, appeal, menace, pray, supplicate, refuse, beckon, interrogate, admire, confess, cringe, instruct, command, mock and what not besides, with a variation and multiplication of variation which makes the tongue envious.
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We are nearer neighbors to ourselves than the whiteness of snow or the weight of stones are to us: if man does not know himself, how should he know his functions and powers?
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