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Littles Quotes by Michel de Montaigne
- He who lives not to others, lives little to himself.
- Let us a little permit nature to take her own way; she better understands her own affairs than we.
- Their pupils and their little charges are not nourished and fed by what they learn: the learning is passed from hand to hand with only…
- A man must keep a little back shop where he can be himself without reserve. In solitude alone can he know true freedom.
- A man should keep for himself a little back shop, all his own, quite unadulterated, in which he establishes his true freedom and chief place…
- The utility of living consists not in the length of days, but in the use of time; a man may have lived long, and yet…
- Pride dwells in the thought; the tongue can have but a very little share in it.
- Glory consists of two parts: the one in setting too great a value upon ourselves, and the other in setting too little a value upon…
- A little of everything and nothing thoroughly, after the French fashion.
- Just as in habiliments it is a sign of weakness to wish to make oneself noticeable by some peculiar and unaccustomed fashion, so, in language,…
- I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow…
- Ambition is not a vice of little people.
- There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
- To compose our character is our duty, not to compose books, and to win, not battles and provinces, but order and tranquility in our conduct.…
- One must be a little foolish if one does not want to be even more stupid.
- The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use; some men have lived long, and lived little; attend to it while you…
- He loves little who loves by rule.
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- When I was a little kid - and even still - I loved magic tricks. When I saw how movies got made… — J. J. Abrams
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- If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster. — Isaac Asimov
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