"Pride dwells in the thought; the tongue can……" — Michel de Montaigne
"Pride dwells in the thought; the tongue can have but a very little share in it."
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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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If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for…
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The statement that 'God is dead' comes from Nietzsche and has recently been trumpeted abroad by some German and American…
— Karl Barth
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Honor your self. Worship your self. Meditate on your self. God dwells within you as you.
— Swami Muktananda
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Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon,…
— Denis Waitley
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A talkative soul lacks both the essential virtues and intimacy with God. A deeper interior life, one of gentle peace…
— Mary Faustina Kowalska
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Suffering is by no means a privilege, a sign of nobility, a reminder of God. Suffering is a fierce, bestial…
— Cesare Pavese
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Heart-suffering because of sin is the best proof that the Holy Spirit dwells in your heart.
— Johann Arndt
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Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart…
— Henry Fielding
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The cat dwells within the circle of her own secret thoughts.
— Agnes Repplier
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The Scripture abounds in commands and cautions for our utmost diligence in our search and inquiry as to whether we…
— John Owen
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I felt a great dislike to journeys, especially when they were long. But once I had started, I thought nothing…
— Teresa of Avila
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
— Seneca the Younger
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