Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

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"We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom."	Ability, Knowledge, Men
"To philosophize is to doubt."	Doubt
"He who would teach men to die would at the same time teach them to live."	Death, Education, Life
"Anyone who does not feel sufficiently strong in memory should not meddle with lying."	Lies, Memory, Strength
"The finest lives, in my opinion, are those who rank in the common model, and with the human race, but without miracle, without extravagance."	Life, Men
"If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I."	Knowledge, Love, Men
"There are some defeats more triumphant than victories."	Miscellaneous
"Man is quite insane. He wouldn't know how to create a maggot, and he creates Gods by the dozen."	Knowledge, Men, Quitting
"Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom."	Miscellaneous
"Children's playthings are not sports and should be deemed as their most serious actions."	Miscellaneous
"God gives us our relatives- thank God we can choose our friends."	Choice, Friends
"There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity."	Miscellaneous
"To philosophize is nothing else than to prepare oneself for death."	Death
"Friendship is the highest degree of perfection in society."	Friends
"He who fears he will suffer, already suffers because of his fear."	Fear, Reading
"I quote others only in order the better to express myself."	Miscellaneous
"Riches, like glory or heath, have no more beauty or pleasure than their possessor is pleased to lend them."	Beauty, Glory
"Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul."	Conformity
"Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out."	Age, Equality
"I quote others only in order the better to express myself."	Miscellaneous
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