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> [“If only talking to oneself did not look mad, no day would go by without my being heard growling to myself. - you silly shit!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montaigne/if-only-talking-to-oneself-did-not-look-mad-no-day-would-go-by/)

[Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montaigne/)

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## More by Montaigne

> [My true memory has been tainted by old home videos of my sister and I, ages 3 and 5 respectively, singing karaoke to Britney…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montaigne/my-true-memory-has-been-tainted-by-old-home-videos-of-my-sister-and-i/)

[Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montaigne/)

> [Dad is a skilled athlete and runs his own football school for kids. While football is his entire life and he encouraged us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montaigne/dad-is-a-skilled-athlete-and-runs-his-own-football-school-for-kids/)

[Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montaigne/)

> [My dad played in the National Soccer League in Australia and also played football in Malaysia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montaigne/my-dad-played-in-the-national-soccer-league-in-australia-and-also/)

[Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montaigne/)

> [“People try to get out of themselves and to escape from the man. This is folly; instead of transforming themselves into angels, they turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montaigne/people-try-to-get-out-of-themselves-and-to-escape-from-the-man-this/)

[Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montaigne/)

> [“How many things were articles of faith to us yesterday that are fables to us today?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montaigne/how-many-things-were-articles-of-faith-to-us-yesterday-that-are/)

[Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montaigne/)

> [I went to all of Dad's football games. As I got older, I got involved. He taught me everything I know about playing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montaigne/i-went-to-all-of-dad-s-football-games-as-i-got-older-i-got-involved/)

[Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montaigne/)

> [All of us feel, I think, that our experiences can be the worst possible thing you can go through and that we're alone in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montaigne/all-of-us-feel-i-think-that-our-experiences-can-be-the-worst-possible/)

[Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montaigne/)

> [“Cada cual llama barbarie a lo que no forma parte de su costumbre.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montaigne/cada-cual-llama-barbarie-a-lo-que-no-forma-parte-de-su-costumbre/)

[Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montaigne/)

> [“We need but little learning to live happily.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montaigne/we-need-but-little-learning-to-live-happily/)

[Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montaigne/)

> [“If any one should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I feel it could no otherwise be expressed than by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montaigne/if-any-one-should-importune-me-to-give-a-reason-why-i-loved-him-i/)

[Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montaigne/)

> [I understand that all the songs I write are quite melodramatic and are quite extreme from my perspective, but that's how life feels to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montaigne/i-understand-that-all-the-songs-i-write-are-quite-melodramatic-and/)

[Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montaigne/)

> [I started writing - just generally - when I was 10, there, and started writing songs when I was maybe 11 turning 12.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montaigne/i-started-writing-just-generally-when-i-was-10-there-and-started/)

[Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montaigne/)

> [I'd probably do something that involved music, a booking agent or working at a label, if not being an actual musician.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montaigne/i-d-probably-do-something-that-involved-music-a-booking-agent-or/)

[Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montaigne/)

> [“If only talking to oneself did not look mad, no day would go by without my being heard growling to myself. - you silly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montaigne/if-only-talking-to-oneself-did-not-look-mad-no-day-would-go-by/)

[Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montaigne/)

> [I spent my first five years in Canberra then moved to Sydney, where I moved around the Hills District until the age of 18.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montaigne/i-spent-my-first-five-years-in-canberra-then-moved-to-sydney-where-i/)

[Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montaigne/)

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