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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
Translator
Writer
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
Inconvenience
Stealing
Away
Without
Time
Steals
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Who feareth to suffer suffereth already, because he feareth.
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Whatever can be done another day can be done today.
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The thing in the world I am most afraid of is fear, and with good reason that passion alone, in the trouble of it, exceeding all other accidents
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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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It is far more probable that our senses should deceive us, than that an old woman should be carried up a chimney on a broom stick and that it is far less astonishing that witnesses should lie, than that witches should perform the acts that were alleged.
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I honor most those to whom I show least honor and where my soul moves with great alacrity, I forget the proper steps of ceremony.
Michel de Montaigne
The human face is a weak guarantee yet it deserves some consideration. And if I had to whip the wicked, I would do so more severely to those who belied and betrayed the promises that nature had implanted on their brows I would punish malice more harshly when it was hidden under a kindly appearance.
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The only thing certain is nothing is certain.
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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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We need to interpret interpretations more than to interpret things.
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We cannot fail in following nature.
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The most useful and honorable science and occupation for a woman is the science of housekeeping. I know some that are miserly, very few that are good managers.
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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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No wonder, said an Ancient, that chance has so much power over us, since it is by chance that we live.
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The oldest and best known evil was ever more supportable than one that was new and untried.
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To how many blockheads of my time has a cold and taciturn demeanor procured the credit of prudence and capacity!
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'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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There is no so wretched and coarse a soul wherein some particular faculty is not seen to shine.
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In my opinion, the most fruitful and natural play of the mind is conversation. I find it sweeter than any other action in life and if I were forced to choose, I think I would rather lose my sight than my hearing and voice. The study of books is a drowsy and feeble exercise which does not warm you up.
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