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The thing in the world I am mo...

The thing in the world I am most afraid of is fear.

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

We cannot be held to what is b...

We cannot be held to what is beyond our strength and means; for at times the accomplishment and execution may not be in our power, and indeed there is nothing really in our own power except the will: on this are necessarily based and founded all the principles that regulate the duty of man.

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The beginnings of all things a...

The beginnings of all things are weak and tender. We must therefore be clear-sighted in the beginnings, for, as in their budding we discern not the danger, so in their full growth we perceive not the remedy.

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

And truly Philosophy is but so...

And truly Philosophy is but sophisticated poetry. Whence do those ancient writers derive all their authority but from the poets?

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

Poetry reproduces an indefinab...

Poetry reproduces an indefinable mood that is more amorous than love itself. Venus is not so beautiful all naked, alive, and panting, as she is here in Virgil.

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

I am one of those who hold tha...

I am one of those who hold that poetry is never so blithe as in a wanton and irregular subject.

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

What we are told of the inhabi...

What we are told of the inhabitants of Brazil, that they never die but of old age, is attributed to the tranquility and serenity of their climate; I rather attribute it to the tranquility and serenity of their souls, which are free from all passion, thought, or any absorbing and unpleasant labors. Those people spend their lives in an admirable simplicity and ignorance, without letters, without law, without king, without any manner of religion.

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Great authors, when they write...

Great authors, when they write about causes, adduce not only those they think are true but also those they do not believe in, provided they have some originality and beauty. They speak truly and usefully enough if they speak ingeniously.

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We have no participation in Be...

We have no participation in Being, because all human nature is ever midway between being born and dying, giving off only a vague image and shadow of itself, and a weak and uncertain opinion. And if you chance to fix your thoughts on trying to grasp its essence, it would be neither more nor less than if your tried to clutch water.

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

How often our involuntary faci...

How often our involuntary facial motions testify to the thoughts we were keeping secret, and betray us to those around!

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Have you been able to think ou...

Have you been able to think out and manage your own life? You have done the greatest task of all.... All other things, ruling, hoarding, building, are only little appendages and props, at most.

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Our thoughts are always elsewh...

Our thoughts are always elsewhere; we are stayed and supported by the hope for a better life, or by the hope that our children will turn out well, or that our name will be famous in the future, or that we shall escape the evils of this life, or that vengeance threatens those who are the cause of our death.

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Fie on the eloquence that leav...

Fie on the eloquence that leaves us craving itself, not things!

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

Lay a beam between these two t...

Lay a beam between these two towers of such width as we need to walk on: there is no philosophical wisdom of such great firmness that it can give us courage to walk on it as we should if it were on the ground.

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The wise man should withdraw h...

The wise man should withdraw his soul within, out of the crowd, and keep it in freedom and power to judge things freely; but as for externals, he should wholly follow the accepted fashions and forms.

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Only the fools are certain and...

Only the fools are certain and assured.

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We should spread joy, but, as ...

We should spread joy, but, as far as we can, repress sorrow.

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I love a gay and sociable wisd...

I love a gay and sociable wisdom, and shun harshness and austerity in behaviour, holding every surly countenance suspect.

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Judgement holds in me a magist...

Judgement holds in me a magisterial seat, at least it carefully tries to. It lets my feelings go their way, both hatred and friendship, even the friendship I bear myself, without being changed and corrupted by them.

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Oh, a friend! How true is that...

Oh, a friend! How true is that old saying, that the enjoyment of one is sweeter and more necessary than that of the elements of water and fire!

Michel Eyquem De Montaig 1193 quotes

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