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Quotations by author » Michel de Montaigne
French Philosopher and Writer. 1533-1592
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Necessity reconciles and brings men together; and this accidental connection afterwards forms itself into laws
Necessity
No noble thing can be done without risks
Risk-taking
No one but yourself knows whether you are cowardly and cruel, or loyal and devout; others do not see you; they surmise you by uncertain conjectures; they perceive not so much your nature as your art
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No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the mistake is to do it solemnly
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No wind favors him who has no destined port.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
GoalsTravel
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
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Nothing is so firmly believed as that which is least known
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Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.
Knowledge
Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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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.
SensesSoul
One may be humble out of pride.
HumilityPride
One must always have one's boots on and be ready to go.
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One open way of speaking introduces another open way of speaking, and draws out discoveries, like wine and love
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Perhaps it is not without reason that we attribute facility in belief and conviction to simplicity and ignorance; for it seems to me I once learned that belief was sort of an impression made on our mind, and that the softer it is the less resistant t
Belief
Philosophy is doubt
Philosophy
Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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Riches, like glory or health, have no more beauty or pleasure than their possessor is pleased to lend them.
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