There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
Attributed quotes — Michel de Montaigne
1533–1592 France
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We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
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Who does not in some sort live to others, does not live much to himself.
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The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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Nothing prints more lively in our minds than something we wish to forget.
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'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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