The beauty of stature is the only beauty of men.
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Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
It is an excellent means of gaining the heart of others to submit and trust in it
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The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mould.... The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbour causes a war betwixt princes.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
It happens as one sees in cages the birds who are outside despair of ever getting in, and those within are equally desirous of getting out
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Since we cannot attain unto it, let us revenge ourselves with railing against it.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
I speak the truth, not my fill of it, but as much as I dare speak, and I dare to do so a little more as I grow old.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
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