It is an absolute perfection and virtually divine to know how to enjoy…

Michel de Montaigne
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It is an absolute perfection and virtually divine to know how to enjoy our being rightfully. ✨ Complete Essays.
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We judge a horse not only by its pace on a racecourse, but also by its walk, nay, when resting in its stable. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1946). The essays
A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can. ✨ Attributed to Essais by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.
Pythagoras used to say that life resembles the Olympic Games: a few people strain their muscles to carry off a prize; others bring trinkets to sell to the crowd for gain; and some there are, and not … ▶
A man should not so much respect what he eats, as with whom he eats.
The corruption of the age is made up by the particular contribution of every individual man; some contribute treachery, others injustice, atheism, tyranny, avarice, cruelty, according to their power.

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