"I do not understand; I pause; I examine." — Michel de Montaigne
"I do not understand; I pause; I examine."
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Michel de Montaigne
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649 Quotes by Michel de Montaigne
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My home...It is my retreat and resting place from wars, I try to keep this corner as a haven against…
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Whatever are the benefits of fortune, they yet require a palate fit to relish and taste them.
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We seem ambitious God's whole work to undo. ...With new diseases on ourselves we war, And with new physic, a…
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Tis so much to be a king, that he only is so by being so.
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Meditation is a rich and powerful method of study for anyone who knows how to examine his mind.
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There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains; the most universal…
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Since I would rather make of him an able man than a learned man, I would also urge that care…
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In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection; otherwise you only make so many…
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It is the part of cowardliness, and not of virtue, to seek to squat itself in some hollow lurking hole,…
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He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear.
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Who feareth to suffer suffereth already, because he feareth.
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Repentance is but a denying of our will, and an opposition of our fantasies.
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I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion.
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You can examine the whole 19th century from the point of view of who would have maxed out their credit…
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Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how…
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To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions.
— Marcus Aurelius
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The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes.
— James Agee
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As I look around, I get this sinking feeling that we're off track, that there's something sick in the soul…
— Kirk Cameron
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We must carefully examine change so that we are able to discard those aspects of change which would be detrimental…
— Alex Campbell
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The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one's day and every night…
— Alexis Carrel
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The mind of a human being is formed only of comparisons made in order to examine analogies, and therefore cannot…
— Giacomo Casanova
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I can trust my friends These people force me to examine myself, encourage me to grow.
— Cher
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No matter how closely you examine the water, glucose, and electrolyte salts in the human brain, you can't find the…
— Deepak Chopra
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It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing…
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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