Tag: Michel de Montaigne
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
Michel de Montaigne
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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
Michel de Montaigne
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Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil’s alphabet – the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.
Michel de Montaigne
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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
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
Michel de Montaigne
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Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
Michel de Montaigne
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The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
Michel de Montaigne