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“We feel a kind of bittersweet pricking of malicious delight in contemplating the misfortunes of others.”

Quote by Michel de Montaigne

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Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne was a French Renaissance philosopher, essayist, and writer. He is considered one of the most significant figures in the history of the essay. Montaigne's work, particularly his book 'Essays', has been influential in the development of modern prose. more

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Author:Michel de Montaigne

“I look upon the too good opinion that man has of himself, as the nursing mother of all false opinions, both public and private.”

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Book:Essays of Montaigne

Source: Essays of Montaigne

“The worth of the mind consisteth not in going high, but in marching orderly.”

Book:Essays of Montaigne

Source: Essays of Montaigne

“No pleasure is fully delightful without communications, and no delight absolute except imparted.”

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Author:Michel de Montaigne

“The thing in the world I am most afraid of is fear.”

Book:Michel de Montaigne: Selected Essays

Source: Michel de Montaigne: Selected Essays

“We cannot be held to what is beyond our strength and means; for at times the accomplishment and execution may not be in our power, and indeed there is nothing really in our own power except the will: on this are necessarily based and founded all the principles that regulate the duty of man.”

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Author:Michel de Montaigne

“The beginnings of all things are weak and tender. We must therefore be clear-sighted in the beginnings, for, as in their budding we discern not the danger, so in their full growth we perceive not the remedy.”

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Book:Selected essays of Montaigne: in the translation of John Florio

Source: Selected essays of Montaigne: in the translation of John Florio

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Book:The Essays

Source: The Essays

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Book:Complete Essays

Source: Complete Essays