Michel de Montaigne Quotes

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Michel de Montaigne Quotes

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Michel de Montaigne

Philosopher, Writer

Philosophical

“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”

Believe Giving Reality

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Michel de Montaigne

Philosopher, Writer

Wise

“Wisdom is a solid and entire building, of which every piece keeps its place and bears its mark.”

Wisdom Pieces Intelligence

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Hopeful

“A man must live in the world and make the best of it, such as it is.”

Men World

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Wise

“No man is a hero to his own valet.”

Men Political

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Grateful

“Those things that are dearest to us have cost us the most.”

Cost Values

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Melancholic

“Experience has further taught me this, that we ruin ourselves by impatience.”

Taught Ruins

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Angry

“Decency, not to dare to do that in public which it is decent enough to do in private.”

Enough Dare

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Funny

“Petty vexations may at times be petty, but still they are vexations. The smallest and most inconsiderable annoyances are the most piercing. As small letters weary the eye most, so the smallest affairs disturb us most.”

Eye Letters Piercings

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Wise

“A learned man is not learned in all things; but a sufficient man is sufficient throughout, even to ignorance itself.”

Men Ignorance All Things

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Philosophical

“There is nothing so extreme that is not allowed by the custom of some nation or other.”

Nations Extremes

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Courageous

“No man profiteth but by the loss of others.”

Men Loss

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Philosophical

“Traveling through the world produces a marvelous 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. This great world is a mirror where we must see ourselves in order to know ourselves. There are so many different tempers, so many different points of view, judgments, opinions, laws and customs to teach us to judge wisely on our own, and to teach our judgment to recognize its imperfection and natural weakness.”

Men Views Mirrors

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