The lack of wealth is easily repaired but the poverty of the soul is i…

Michel de Montaigne
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The lack of wealth is easily repaired but the poverty of the soul is irreplaceable.
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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.
No-one is exempt from speaking nonsense – the only misfortune is to do it solemnly.
Natural inclinations are assisted and reinforced by education, but they are hardly ever altered or overcome. ✨ Michel de Montaigne, John Michael Cohen (1959). Essays, Penguin Classics
For among other things he had been counseled to bring me to love knowledge and duty by my own choice, without forcing my will, and to educate my soul entirely through gentleness and freedom.
It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1980). Essays

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