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He that is a friend to himself, know he is a friend to all.
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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French Moralist
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
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Reason has so many forms that we do not know which to choose-Experiment has no fewer.
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There is no doubt that Greek and Latin are great and handsome ornaments, but we buy them too dear.
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The land of marriage has this peculiarity: that strangers are desirous of inhabiting it, while its natural inhabitants would willingly be banished from thence.
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And not to serve for a table-talk.
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The soul that has no established aim loses itself
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The continuous work of our life is to build death.
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Books are pleasant, but if by being over-studious we impair our health and spoil our good humour, two of the best things we have, let us give it over. I, for my part, am one of those who think no fruit derived from them can recompense so great a loss.
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A foreign war is a lot milder than a civil war.
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The relish of good and evil depends in a great measure upon the opinion we have of them.
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The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
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Great authors, when they write about causes, adduce not only those they think are true but also those they do not believe in, provided they have some originality and beauty. They speak truly and usefully enough if they speak ingeniously.
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He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear.
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Obstinacy and contention are common qualities, most appearing in, and best becoming, a mean and illiterate soul.
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The good, supreme, divine poetry is above the rules and reason. Whoever discerns its beauty with a firm, sedate gaze does not see it, any more than he sees the splendor of a lightning flash. It does not persuade our judgement, it ravishes and overwhelms it.
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The share we have in the knowledge of truth, such as it is, has not been acquired by our own powers. God has taught ushis wonderful secrets our faith is not of our acquiring, it is purely the gift of another's bounty.
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Men ... are not agreed about any one thing, not even that heaven is over our heads.
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Travelling through the world produces a marvellous clarity in the judgment of men. We are all of us confined and enclosed within ourselves, and see no farther than the end of our nose.
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Laws are often made by fools, and even more often by men who fail in equity because they hate equality: but always by men, vain authorities who can resolve nothing.
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All other knowledge is hurtful to him who has not honesty and good-nature
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A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.
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