Michel De Montaigne Quotes

The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.

~ Michel de Montaigne

Everywhere Fixed Life Lost Nowhere Purpose Soul Which

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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.

~ Michel de Montaigne

Courage Generous Most Proudest Strangest True True Courage Virtues

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The thing I fear most is fear.

~ Michel de Montaigne

Fear Most Thing

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The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

~ Michel de Montaigne

Days Depends Find Length Lies Life Make Satisfaction Tale Them Use Value Value Of Life Whether Will Years You Your

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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.

~ Michel de Montaigne

Custom Follow Laws Make Way World

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The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.

~ Michel de Montaigne

Just Nothing One Word Play Shadow Vanity Word World

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The world is but a perpetual see-saw.

~ Michel de Montaigne

Perpetual World

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The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them.

~ Michel de Montaigne

Actions Base Both Conditions Dare Find Me Seem Them Ugly Unto Worst

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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

~ Michel de Montaigne

Defeats More Some Than Triumphant Victories

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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.

~ Michel de Montaigne

Doing Doing Good Good Gratification Makes Ourselves Rejoice Sort Us Which

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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.

~ Michel de Montaigne

Family Governing Kingdom Less Little Private Than Trouble Whole

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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

~ Michel de Montaigne

Agree Boring Conversation Everybody More Than Where

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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.

~ Michel de Montaigne

Desire Knowledge More Natural No Desire Than

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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.

~ Michel de Montaigne

Contagious Fear Passion

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There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.

~ Michel de Montaigne

Alone Communication Does Grieve Me Mind Much No-One Pleasure Produced Tell Thought Without

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There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.

~ Michel de Montaigne

Entire Family Government Less Managing Much Private State Than

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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.

~ Michel de Montaigne

More Obvious Perhaps Than Vanity Write

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Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.

~ Michel de Montaigne

Compared Dream Life Our Right Sleep Sleeping Those Wake Waking Were Who

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'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.

~ Michel de Montaigne

Edge Gives Mind Our Pains Pleasures Sharpness Tis

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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.

~ Michel de Montaigne

Enough Feels Good He Lie Man Memory Never Should Unless Venture

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