The most certain sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness; her state…

Michel de Montaigne
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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.
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Nature should have been pleased to have made this age miserable, without making it also ridiculous. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1603). Essayes, p.246
I quote others only in order the better to express myself. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1856). The Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy, p.86
My trade and art is to live. ✨ Michel de Montaigne, Marvin Lowenthal (1999). The Autobiography of Michel de Montaigne: Comprising the Life of the Wisest Man of His Times : His Childhood, Youth, and P … ▶
He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1958). Complete Essays, p.840, Stanford University Press
I find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (2016). Delphi Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne (Illustrated), p.1414, Delphi Classics

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.

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