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• The conviction of wisdom is the plague of man. -- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592)
• Ambition is not a vice of little people. -- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592)
• A strong memory is generally coupled with infirm judgment.
  -- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592)...
• My reason is not framed to bend or stoop; my knees are. -- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592)
• Stability itself is nothing else than a more sluggish motion.
  -- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592)...
• There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
  -- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592)...
• I will follow the good side right to the fire, but not into it if I can help it.
  -- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne...
• It [marriage] happens as with cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out.
  -- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne...
• The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them.
  .. Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will....