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Michel de Montaigne on Graduation

1533–1592 France

← All quotes by Michel de Montaigne

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Physicians have this advantage: the sun lights their success and the earth covers their failures.

Essais (1571)

Not merely giving the mind a slight tincture but a thorough and perfect dye.

Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom.

The Essays of Michel de Montaigne (1580)

I believe it to be true that Dreams are the true Interpreters of our Inclinations; but there is Art required to sort and understand them.

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Michel de Montaigne (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.