"Philosophical discussions habitually make men happy and joyful……" — Michel de Montaigne
"Philosophical discussions habitually make men happy and joyful not frowning and sad."
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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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More Discussion Quotes
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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.
— J. J. Abrams
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The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may…
— Charles Babbage
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I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with…
— Charles Babbage
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Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear…
— Lord Acton
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Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of…
— Lord Acton
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There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the…
— Lord Acton
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Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.
— Honore de Balzac
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The last months, weeks and days have seen accelerating discussions, involving the DUP for the first time, about a comprehensive…
— Gerry Adams
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A good day for Barack Obama is anytime the dominant topic of discussion is anything but the economy.
— Bob Beauprez
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Debating clubs among boys are very useful, not only as affording pleasant meetings and interesting discussions, but also as serving…
— Annie Besant
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In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated…
— Vinoba Bhave
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I just like making people laugh, and buried in that I like to bring up topics and start discussions.
— Albert Brooks
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