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94 quotes (Page 3 of 4 pages)Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.
Belief
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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Obstinacy is the sister of constancy, at least in vigor and stability.
Stubbornness
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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Of all the benefits which virtue confers on us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.
Virtue
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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Of all the infirmities we have, the most savage is to despise our being.
Self-pity
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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Oh senseless man, who cannot possibly make a worm, and yet will make Gods by dozens.
Religion
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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Once you have decided to keep a certain pile, it is no longer yours; for you can't spend it.
Possessions
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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Philosophy is doubt.
Philosophers and Philosophy
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.
Poverty and The Poor
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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Scratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and the one nearest at hand.
Pleasure
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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Since we cannot attain unto it, let us revenge ourselves with railing against it.
Critics and Criticism
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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Socrates thought and so do I that the wisest theory about the gods is no theory at all.
Theory
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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Taking it all in all, I find it is more trouble to watch after money than to get it.
Money
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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The beauty of stature is the only beauty of men.
Beauty
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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The finest lives in my opinion are the common model, without miracle and without extravagance.
Life and Living
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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The great and glorious masterpiece of man is how to live with purpose.
Purpose
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be self-sufficient.
Self-sufficiency
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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The honor of the conquest is rated by the difficulty.
Victory
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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The memory represents to us not what we choose but what it pleases.
Memory
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
Cheerfulness
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.
Joy
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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The most unhappy and frail creatures are men and yet they are the proudest.
Men
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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The smallest annoyances, disturb us the most.
Happiness
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
Purpose
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
Courage
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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The thing I fear most is fear.
Fear
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun