Pleasure itself is painful at the bottom.
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I find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice.Michel de Montaigne
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
It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
Michel de Montaigne
We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.
Michel de Montaigne
Art and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are found And perfected by degrees, by often handling and polishing.
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If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about it.
Michel de Montaigne
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