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Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "I speak the truth, not my fill of it, but as much as I dare speak; and I dare to do so a little more as I grow old."

I speak the truth, not my fill of it, but as much as I dare speak; and I dare to do so a little more as I grow old.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "The lack of wealth is easily repaired but the poverty of the soul is irreplaceable."

The lack of wealth is easily repaired but the poverty of the soul is irreplaceable.




Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "Man in sooth is a marvellous, vain, fickle, and unstable subject."

Man in sooth is a marvellous, vain, fickle, and unstable subject.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "I enjoy books as misers enjoy treasures, because I know I can enjoy them whenever I please."

I enjoy books as misers enjoy treasures, because I know I can enjoy them whenever I please.




Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "I quote others only in order the better to express myself."

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



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "When I am attached by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind."

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



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "We must learn to suffer what we cannot evade."

We must learn to suffer what we cannot evade.




Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "It is not necessity but abundance which produces greed."

It is not necessity but abundance which produces greed.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "He who does not live in some degree for others, hardly lives for himself."

He who does not live in some degree for others, hardly lives for himself.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "Princes give mee sufficiently, if they take nothing from me, and doe me much good, if they doe me no hurt: it is all I require of them."

Princes give mee sufficiently, if they take nothing from me, and doe me much good, if they doe me no hurt: it is all I require of them.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about it."

If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about it.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "I am myself the matter of my book."

I am myself the matter of my book.




Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "We do not know where death awaits us: so let us wait for it everywhere. To practice death is to practice freedom. A man who has learned how to die has unlearned how to be a slave."

We do not know where death awaits us: so let us wait for it everywhere. To practice death is to practice freedom. A man who has learned how to die has unlearned how to be a slave.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mould"

The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mould



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "A man must keep a little back shop where he can be himself without reserve. In solitude alone can he know true freedom."

A man must keep a little back shop where he can be himself without reserve. In solitude alone can he know true freedom.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "Kings and philosophers defecate, and so do ladies."

Kings and philosophers defecate, and so do ladies.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the great art of life is to have as many of them as possible."

The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the great art of life is to have as many of them as possible.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "There is no wish more natural than the wish to know."

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



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it."

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "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 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.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength."

It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "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."

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 De Montaigne Quotes: "It is in the enjoyment and not in mere possession that makes for happiness."

It is in the enjoyment and not in mere possession that makes for happiness.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy."

I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "Only the fools are certain and assured."

Only the fools are certain and assured.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own."

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



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love."

If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "It is the part of cowardliness, and not of virtue, to seek to squat itself in some hollow lurking hole, or to hide herself under some massive tomb, thereby to shun the strokes of fortune."

It is the part of cowardliness, and not of virtue, to seek to squat itself in some hollow lurking hole, or to hide herself under some massive tomb, thereby to shun the strokes of fortune.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "Wise men have more to learn of fools than fools of wise men."

Wise men have more to learn of fools than fools of wise men.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "Lying is a terrible vice, it testifies that one despises God, but fears men."

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



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do."

Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "A man should not so much respect what he eats, as with whom he eats."

A man should not so much respect what he eats, as with whom he eats.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved."

Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "The only thing certain is nothing is certain."

The only thing certain is nothing is certain.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "Things are not bad in themselves, but our cowardice makes them so."

Things are not bad in themselves, but our cowardice makes them so.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port."

No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways."

If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by thoughts about life."

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



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things."

The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "We judge a horse not only by its pace on a racecourse, but also by its walk, nay, when resting in its stable."

We judge a horse not only by its pace on a racecourse, but also by its walk, nay, when resting in its stable.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "A man should ever, as much as in him lieth, be ready booted to take his journey, and above all things look he have then nothing to do but with himself."

A man should ever, as much as in him lieth, be ready booted to take his journey, and above all things look he have then nothing to do but with himself.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "We are more unhappy to see people ahead of us than happy to see people behind us."

We are more unhappy to see people ahead of us than happy to see people behind us.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor."

It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "We are all of us richer than we think we are; but we are taught to borrow and to beg, and brought up more to make use of what is another's than of our own."

We are all of us richer than we think we are; but we are taught to borrow and to beg, and brought up more to make use of what is another's than of our own.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "Amongst so many borrowed things, am glad if I can steal one, disguising and altering it for some new service."

Amongst so many borrowed things, am glad if I can steal one, disguising and altering it for some new service.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible."

Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "Saying is one thing and doing is another; we are to consider the sermon and the preacher distinctly and apart."

Saying is one thing and doing is another; we are to consider the sermon and the preacher distinctly and apart.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "The most certain sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness; her state is like that of things in the regions above the moon, always clear and serene."

The most certain sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness; her state is like that of things in the regions above the moon, always clear and serene.



Michel De Montaigne Quotes: "A strong imagination begetteth opportunity."

A strong imagination begetteth opportunity.