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“On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

“Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

“I find I am much prouder of the victory I obtain over myself, when, in the very ardor of dispute, I make myself submit to my adversary’s force of reason, than I am pleased with the victory I obtain over him through his weakness.”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

“I enjoy books as misers enjoy treasures, because I know I can enjoy them whenever I please.”
― Michel de Montaigne

“Life itself is neither a good nor an evil: life is where good or evil find a place, depending on how you make it for them.”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Essays: A Selection

“And therefore, Reader, I myself am the subject of my book: it is not reasonable that you should employ your leisure on a topic so frivolous and so vain.

Therefore, Farewell:”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Essays: A Selection

“I had rather complain of ill-fortune than be ashamed of victory.”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
― Mark Twain

“The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.”
― Jules Renard, The Journal of Jules Renard