French - Philosopher | February 28, 1533 - September 13, 1592
There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
Michel de Montaigne
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If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.
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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
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Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way.
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For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.
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