Montaigne

The great French writer Montaigne is probably the model life that many people yearn for in his little castle in France. I came across some of his quotes recently:

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.

Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.

Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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