Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom.
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There never were in the world two opinions alike, no more than two hairs or two grains the most universal quality is diversity.Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Traveling through the world produces a marvelous clarity in the judgment of men. We are all of us confined and enclosed within ourselves, and see no farther than the end of our nose. This great world is a mirror where we must see ourselves in order to know ourselves. There are so many different tempers, so many different points of view, judgments, opinions, laws and customs to teach us to judge wisely on our own, and to teach our judgment to recognize its imperfection and natural weakness.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
It is not death that alarms me, but dying.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
The study of books is a drowsy and feeble exercise which does not warm you up.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
My home...It is my retreat and resting place from wars, I try to keep this corner as a haven against the tempest outside, as I do another corner in my soul.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
The daughter-in-law of Pythagoras said that a woman who goes to bed with a man ought to lay aside her modesty with her skirt, and put it on again with her petticoat
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
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