Michel de Montaigne Short Quotes

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Few men have been admired by their own households.

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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.

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Whatever can be done another day can be done today.

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There is no wish more natural than the wish to know.

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All the world knows me in my book, and my book in me.

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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

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Men are most apt to believe what they least understand.

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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.

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Bad examples may be as profitable to virtue as good ones.

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Every man carries the entire form of the human condition.

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He that I am reading seems always to have the most force.

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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.

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Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.

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Friendship is the highest degree of perfection in society.

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All our days travel toward death: the last one reaches it.

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A man of understanding has lost nothing, if he has himself.
In French: L'homme d'entendement n'a rien perdu, s'il a soi-même.

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He who fears he shall suffer already suffers what he fears.

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The day of your birth leads you to death as well as to life.

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We should spread joy, but, as far as we can, repress sorrow.

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One should always have one's boots on, and be ready to leave.

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A lady could not boast of her chastity who was never tempted.

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A hair shirt does not always render those chaste who wear it.

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There is no desire more natural than the desire of knowledge.
Il n'est desir plus naturel que le desir de connaissance

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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.

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Every day I hear stupid people say things that are not stupid.

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The wise man lives as long as he ought, not so long as he can.

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How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputation!

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To make a crooked stick straight, we bend it the contrary way.

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Let no man be ashamed to speak what he is not ashamed to think.

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