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La plus grande chose du monde, c'est de savoir etre a soi.

— Michel de Montaigne

More from Michel de Montaigne

  1. L'homme d'entendement n'a rien perdu, s'il a soimeme.
  2. There is as much difference between us and ourselves as between us and others.
  3. Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.
  4. C'est une epineuse entreprise, et plus qu'il ne semble, de suivre une allure si vagabonde que celle de notre esprit; de penetrer les profon…
  5. Parce que c'etait lui; parce que c'etait moi.
  6. Mon metier et mon art, c'est vivre.
  7. Since I would rather make of him an able man than a learned man, I would also urge that care be taken to choose a guide with a well-made ra…
  8. The easy, gentle, and sloping path...is not the path of true virtue. It demands a rough and thorny road.

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  • life
  • self
  • identity
  • virtue
  • greatness

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