If virtue cannot shine bright, but by the conflict of contrary appetites, shall we then say that she cannot subsist without the assistance of vice, and that it is from her that she derives her reputation and honor?
Michel de MontaigneThere are no truths, only moments of claryty passing for answers.
Michel de MontaignePeople try to get out of themselves and to escape from the man. This is folly; instead of transforming themselves into angels, they turn into beast; instead of lifting, they degrade themselves. These transcendental humors frighten me, like lofty and inaccessible heights.
Michel de MontaigneExperience has further taught me this, that we ruin ourselves by impatience.
Michel de MontaigneThe pettiest and slightest nuisances are the most acute; and as small letters hurt and tire the eyes most, so do trifling matters sting us most.
Michel de MontaigneNo spirited mind remains within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength; it has impulses beyond its power of achievement.
Michel de MontaigneHe who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear.
Michel de MontaigneTo learn that we have said or done a foolish thing, that is nothing; we must learn that we are nothing but fools, a far broader and more important lesson.
Michel de MontaigneA noble heart should not belie its thoughts; it wants to reveal itself even to its inmost depths. There everything is good, at least everything is human.
Michel de MontaigneMen have seemed miraculous to the world, in whom their wives and valets have never seen anything even worth noticing. Few men have been admired by their own households.
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