My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

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• Michel de Montaigne:

  He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

• Michel de Montaigne:

  There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

• Michel de Montaigne:

  It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.

• Michel de Montaigne:

  There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

• Michel de Montaigne:

  Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

• Michel de Montaigne:

  Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

• Michel de Montaigne:

  Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.

• Michel de Montaigne:

  I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorre

• Michel de Montaigne:

  Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.

• Michel de Montaigne:

  Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.