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Lose Quotes by Michel de Montaigne
- A person is bound to lose when he talks about himself; if he belittles himself, he is believed; if he praises himself, he isn't believed.
- I would like to suggest that our minds are swamped by too much study and by too much matter just as plants are swamped by…
- In my opinion, the most fruitful and natural play of the mind is in conversation. I find it sweeter than any other action in life;…
- Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.
- Such as are in immediate fear of a losing their estates, of banishment, or of slavery, live in perpetual anguish, and lose all appetite and…
- Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved.
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