He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.

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• Michel de Montaigne:

  It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.

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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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  No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.

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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 fin

• Michel de Montaigne:

  If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expr

• Michel de Montaigne:

  Ambition is not a vice of little people.

• Michel de Montaigne:

  There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an en

• Michel de Montaigne:

  It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their

• Michel de Montaigne:

  The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.

• Michel de Montaigne:

  A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.