"I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind - and to work some of those contradictions out for myself."
-Michel de Montaigne
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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.“
-Michel de Montaigne
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"The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness."
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"We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom."
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"I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it."
-Michel de Montaigne
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"I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older."
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"It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength."
-Michel de Montaigne
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