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• No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.
  -- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592)...
• Ambition is not a vice of little people. -- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592)
• The conviction of wisdom is the plague of man. -- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592)
• We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
  -- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592)...
• You can't tell your friend you've been cuckolded; even if he doesn't laugh at you, he may put the information to personal use.
  -- Michel de Montaigne...
• 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)...