God defend me from being an honest man according to the description wh…

Michel de Montaigne
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God defend me from being an honest man according to the description which every day I see made by each man to his own glorification
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It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity. ✨ Essais bk. 1, ch. 23 (1580)
Ambition is not a vice of little people. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (2016). Delphi Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne (Illustrated), p.1269, Delphi Classics
Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (2015). Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays, p.588, 谷月社
As for our pupils talk, let his virtue and his sense of right and wrong shine through it and have no guide but reason. Make him understand that confessing an error which he discovers in his own argum … ▶
It takes strong ears indeed to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure criticism without being stung by it, those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act … ▶

God defend me from being an honest man according to the description which every day I see made by each man to his own glorification

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