Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The d…

Michel de Montaigne
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Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream. ✨ Attributed to Essais by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.
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I speak the truth, not my fill of it, but as much as I dare speak; and I dare to do so a little more as I grow old. ✨ Essais by Michel de Montaigne, Book III, Ch. 2, 1595.
The most certain sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness; her state is like that of things in the regions above the moon, always clear and serene. ✨ The Works of Michael de Montaigne.
Greatness of soul consists not so much in soaring high and in pressing forward, as in knowing how to adapt and limit oneself.
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1958). Complete Essays, p.178, Stanford University Press
There is, nevertheless, a certain respect and a general duty of humanity that ties us, not only to beasts that have life and sense, but even to trees and plants. ✨ Michel de Montaigne, Bayle St. John … ▶

Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream. ✨ Attributed to Essais by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.

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