240 ordspråk av Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne
The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.
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The only good histories are those that have been written by the persons themselves who commanded in the affairs whereof they write
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The plainest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness: her state is like that of things in the regions above the moon, always clear and serene
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The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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The Romans taught their children nothing that was to be learned sitting
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The smallest annoyances, disturb us the most.
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The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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The thing of which I have most fear is fear.
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The value of life is not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them; a man may live long yet very little.
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The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
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The virtue of the soul does not consist in flying high, but walking orderly; grandeur does not exercise itself in grandeur, but in mediocrity
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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The word is half his that speaks, and half his that hears it.
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The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
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