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The Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy. With Notes from All the Commentators, Biographical and Bibliographical Notices &c., &c

Book by Michel de Montaigne · 9 quotes · Men, Passion, Absolutes

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The Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy. With Notes from All the Commentators, Biographical and Bibliographical Notices &c., &c Quotes

“The thing in the world I am most afraid of is fear, and with good reason; that passion alone, in the trouble of it, exceeding all other accidents”

“Man in sooth is a marvellous, vain, fickle, and unstable subject.”

“I moreover affirm that our wisdom itself, and wisest consultations, for the most part commit themselves to the conduct of chance.”

“It is indeed the boundary of life, beyond which we are not to pass; which the law of nature has pitched for a limit not to be exceeded.”

“Friendship that possesses the whole soul, and there rules and sways with an absolute sovereignty, can admit of no rival.”

“It is very easy to accuse a government of imperfection, for all mortal things are full of it.”

“Man is the sole animal whose nudities offend his own companions, and the only one who, in his natural actions, withdraws and hides himself from his own kind.”

“There is nothing so extreme that is not allowed by the custom of some nation or other.”

“All passions that suffer themselves to be relished and digested are but moderate.”