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A man never speaks of himself without losing something. What he says in his disfavor is always beleived, but when he commends himself, he arouses mistrust.
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 is well or ill at ease, according as he finds himself! not he whom the world believes, but he who believes himself to be so, is content and in him alone belief gives itself being and reality
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Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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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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Time steals away without any inconvenience.
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One open way of speaking introduces another open way of speaking, and draws out discoveries, like wine and love.
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A good marriage ... is a sweet association in life: full of constancy, trust, and an infinite number of useful and solid services and mutual obligations.
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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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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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No doctor takes pleasure in the health even of his friends.
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The finest lives in my opinion are the common model, without miracle and without extravagance.
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Is it not enough to make me come back to life out of spite, to have someone who spat in my face while I existed come and rub my feet when I am beginning to exist no longer?
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If love and ambition should be in equal balance, and come to jostle with equal force, I make no doubt but that the last would win the prize.
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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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Scratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and nearest at hand.
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Every one's true worship was that which he found in use in the place where he chanced to be.
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Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are found and perfected by degrees, by often handling and polishing.
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Malice sucks up the greatest part of its own venom, and poisons itself.
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I do not believe, from what I have been told about this people, that there is anything barbarous or savage about them, except that we all call barbarous anything that is contrary to our own habits.
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The soul that has no established aim loses itself
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It is an absolute perfection and virtually divine to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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