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The Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy

Book by Michel de Montaigne · 4 quotes · Soul, Should, Affair

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“Fortune does us neither good nor hurt; she only presents us the matter, and the seed, which our soul, more powerfully than she, turns and applies as she best pleases; being the sole cause and sovereign mistress of her own happy or unhappy condition.”

“Vice leaves repentance in the soul, like an ulcer in the flesh, which is always scratching and lacerating itself; for reason effaces all other griefs and sorrows, but it begets that of repentance.”