My reason is not framed to bend or stoop: my knees are.

Michel de Montaigne
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My reason is not framed to bend or stoop: my knees are.
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I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing. ✨ Attributed to Essais by Michel de Montaigne, Book II, Ch. 16, 1595.
There is no knowledge so hard to acquire as the knowledge of how to live this life well and naturally. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1958). Complete Essays, p.852, Stanford University Press
Things seem greater by imagination than they are in effect. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (2015). Essays of Montaigne, p.1305, Xist Publishing
Sometimes it is a good choice not to choose at all. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1603). Essayes
Obstinacy and dogmatism are the surest signs of stupidity. Is there anything more confident, resolute, disdainful, grave and serious than an ass?

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