More from Michel de Montaigne

  1. The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
  2. 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.
  3. The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
  4. There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
  5. 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 yo…
  6. There is a plague on Man, the opinion that he knows something.
  7. The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
  8. There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.

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