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Vexations may be petty, but t...

Vexations may be petty, but they are vexations still.

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

We have so much ill fortune a...

We have so much ill fortune as inconstancy, or so much bad purpose as folly, we are not so full of evil as we are of inanity; we are not so wretched as we are base

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

The worthiest man to be known...

The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable.

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

The recognition of virtue is ...

The recognition of virtue is not less valuable from the lips of the man who hates it, since truth forces him to acknowledge it; and though he may be unwilling to take it into his inmost soul, he at least decks himself out in its trappings.

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

The world always looks straig...

The world always looks straights ahead; as for me, I turn my gaze inward, I fix it there and keep it busy. Everyone looks in front of him: as for me, I look inside me: I have no business but with myself; I continually observe myself, I take stock of myself, I taste myself. Others...they always go forward; as for me, I roll about in myself.

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The height and value of true ...

The height and value of true virtue consists in the facility, utility, and pleasure of its exercise; so far from difficulty, that boys, as well as men, and the innocent as well as the subtle, may make it their own; and it is by order and good conduct, and not by force, that it is to be acquired.

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

To divert myself from a troub...

To divert myself from a troublesome fancy, it is but to run to my books; they presently fix me to them, and drive the other out of my thoughts, and do not mutiny to see that I have only recourse to them for want of other more, real, natural, and lively conveniences; they always receive me with the same kindness.

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

Our zeal works wonders, whene...

Our zeal works wonders, whenever it supports our inclination toward hatred, cruelty, ambition.

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

Dreams are faithful interpret...

Dreams are faithful interpreters of our inclinations; but there is art required to sort and understand them.

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

[I]n my country, when they wo...

[I]n my country, when they would say a man has no sense, they say, such an one has no memory; and when I complain of the defect of mine, they do not believe me, and reprove me, as though I accused myself for a fool: not discerning the difference betwixt memory and understanding, which is to make matters still worse for me. But they do me wrong; for experience, rather, daily shows us, on the contrary, that a strong memory is commonly coupled with infirm judgment.

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

I had rather fashion my mind ...

I had rather fashion my mind than furnish it.

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

I do not correct my first ima...

I do not correct my first imaginings by my second--well, yes, perhaps a word or so, but only to vary, not to delete. I want to represent the course of my humors and I want people to see each part at its birth.

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

Every man may speak truly, bu...

Every man may speak truly, but to speak methodically, prudently, and fully is a talent that few men have.

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

If people must be talking abo...

If people must be talking about me, I would have it to be truthfully and justly. I would willingly return from the next world to contradict any person who described me other than I was, although he did it to honour me.

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A lady could not boast of her...

A lady could not boast of her chastity who was never tempted.

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Our truth of nowadays is not ...

Our truth of nowadays is not what is, but what others can be convinced of; just as we call "money" not only that which is legal, but also any counterfeit that will pass.

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

Authors communicate with the ...

Authors communicate with the people by some special extrinsic mark; I am the first to do so by my entire being, as Michel de Montaigne.

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

Virtue cannot be followed but...

Virtue cannot be followed but for herself, and if one sometimes borrows her mask to some other purpose, she presently pulls it away again.

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A volunteer, you assign yours...

A volunteer, you assign yourself specific roles and risks according to your judgement of their brilliance and importance, and you see when life itself may be justifiably devoted to them.

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

Women are not altogether in t...

Women are not altogether in the wrong when they refuse the rules of life prescribed to the World, for men only have established them and without their consent.

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

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