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

— Michel de Montaigne

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

— Michel de Montaigne

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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

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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

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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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

— Michel de Montaigne

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

— Michel de Montaigne

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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

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

— Michel de Montaigne

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Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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