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"50 Michel de Montaigne Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 28 February 1533. Died: 13 September 1592 | Philosopher | Statesman |

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

Fears Suffer
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Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

Obsession Wellspring Genius Madness
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My art and profession is to live.

Art Profession Live
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There is no more expensive thing than a free gift.

Expensive Free Gift
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Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness.

Knowledge Harmful Goodness
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I had rather fashion my mind than furnish it.

Fashion Mind Furnish
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Judgement can do without knowledge: but not knowledge without judgement.

Judgement Knowledge
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
Sign Wisdom Cheerfulness
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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

Fixes Memory Wish Forget
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Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.

Nothing Believed Know
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Let us give Nature a chance; she knows her business better than we do.

Nature Chance Knows Business
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The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

Greatest World Know Oneself
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Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

Learned Wise Wisdom
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Every man has within himself the entire human condition

Man Human condition
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No wind favors he who has no destined port.

Wind Favors Destined
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Experience has further taught me this, that we ruin ourselves by impatience.

Experience Taught Ruin Impatience
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Marriage Wife Husband
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.

Souls Variety Suppleness
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The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to live with purpose.
Great Man Live Purpose
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One must be a little foolish if one does not want to be even more stupid.

One Foolish Want Stupid
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There are no truths, only moments of clarity passing for answers.

Truths Clarity Answers
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Saying is one thing and doing is another

Saying One thing Doing Another
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I know that the arms of friendship are long enough to reach from the one end of the world to the other

Friendship Reach World
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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head

Ignorance Pillow Man Head
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The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar.

World's Troubles Questions Grammer
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Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity.

Confidence Honesty Testimony Integrity
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On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.

Throne World Sit Bottom
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I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.

Care Others Myself
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When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.

Thoughts Books Mind
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To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it

Forbid Anything Mind
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

Lend Others Give Yourself
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command, shows that his reason is weak.

Argument Command Reason Weak
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The most fruitful and natural exercise for our minds is, in my opinion, conversation.

Excercise Minds Opinion Conversation
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To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it.

Forbid Anything Make Mind
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Marriage happens as with cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out.

Marriage Cages Despair
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Every movement reveals us.

Movement Reveals
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We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by thoughts about life.

Trouble Life Thougts Death
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Valor is strength, not of legs and arms, but of heart and soul; it consists not in the worth of our horse or our weapons, but in our own.

Valor Heart Soul Worth
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The thing I fear most is fear.

Thing Fear
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Life itself is neither a good nor an evil: life is where good or evil find a place, depending on how you make it for them.

Life Good Evil
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Pride and curiosity are the two scourges of our souls. The latter prompts us to poke our noses into everything, and the former forbids us to leave anything unresolved and undecided.

Pride Curiosity Souls
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Lying is a terrible vice, it testifies that one despises God, but fears men.

Lying God Fears Men
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Only the fools are certain and assured.

Fools Certain Assured
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Women are more susceptible to pain than to pleasure.

Women Pain Pleasure
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Happiness involves working toward meaningful goals.

Happiness Working Goals
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.

Wise man Sees Much
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee

Rejoice Present
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A strong imagination begetteth opportunity.

Strong Imagination Opportunity
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The conduct of our lives is the true mirror of our doctrine.

Conduct Lives Mirror Doctrine
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Honesty is a question of right and wrong, not a matter of policy

Honesty Right Wrong Policy
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Michel de Montaigne Quotes & Sayings