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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne Quotes
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Famous Michel Eyquem de Montaigne Quotations
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (February 28, 1533 - September 13, 1592) was one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance
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- A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- Anyone who does not feel sufficiently strong in memory should not meddle with lying. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- Children's playthings are not sports and should be deemed as their most serious actions. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- Friendship is the highest degree of perfection in society. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- God gives us our relatives- thank God we can choose our friends. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- He who fears he will suffer, already suffers because of his fear. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- He who would teach men to die would at the same time teach them to live. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- How many things which served us yesterday as articles of faith, are fables for us today. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- I quote others only in order the better to express myself. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- Man is quite insane. He wouldn't know how to create a maggot, and he creates Gods by the dozen. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- Marriage is like a cage one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- Riches, like glory or heath, have no more beauty or pleasure than their possessor is pleased to lend them. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- The finest lives, in my opinion, are those who rank in the common model, and with the human race, but without miracle, without extravagance. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- The greatist thing in the world is for a man to know how to be himself. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- The want of goods is easily repaired, but the poverty of the soul is irreparable. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains the most universal quality is diversity. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- To philosophize is nothing else than to prepare oneself for death. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- To philosophize is to doubt. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- We are born to inquire into truth it belongs to a greater to possess it. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
- We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne »
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