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Michel de Montaigne Quotes

«It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.»
«What do I know?»
«It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.»
«If a man urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it was he, because it was myself.»
«The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.»
«The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.»
«It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.»
«There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging 10 times in his life.»
«To know how to live is my trade and my art.»
«If I were pressed to say why I loved him, I feel that my only reply could be: `Because it was he, because it was I'.»