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A man has need of tough ears to hear himself fairly judged.
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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Writer
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self.
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Teach him a certain refinement in sorting out and selecting his arguments, with an affection for relevance and so for brevity. Above all let him be taught to throw down his arms and surrender to truth as soon as he perceives it, whether the truth is born at his rival's doing or within himself from some change in his ideas.
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No pleasure is fully delightful without communications, and no delight absolute except imparted.
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I aim here only at revealing myself, who will perhaps be different tomorrow, if I learn something new which changes me.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them if they will not apply themselves to me.
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We judge a horse not only by its pace on a racecourse, but also by its walk, nay, when resting in its stable.
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Children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
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A woman is no sooner ours than we are no longer hers.
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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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A wellborn mind that is practiced in dealing with people makes itself thoroughly agreeable by itself. Art is nothing else but thelist and record of the productions of such minds.
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Intoxication is calculated to put heart into the elderly and give them delight in dancing.
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It is not without good reason, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.
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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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Tortures are a dangerous invention, and seem to be a test of endurance rather than of truth.
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Writing does not cause misery. It is born of misery.
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We are born to inquire into truth it belongs to a greater to possess it
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If my mind could gain a firm footing, I would not make essays, I would make decisions but it is always in apprenticeship and on trial.
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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 soul that has no established aim loses itself
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Learning is a good medicine: but no medicine is powerful enough to preserve itself from taint and corruption independently of defects in the jar that it is kept in. One man sees clearly but does not see straight: consequently he sees what is good but fails to follow it he sees knowledge and does not use it.
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