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Collected Maxims and Other Reflections: With Parallel French Text (Oxford World's Classics)
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Be no wiser than is necessary, but be wise in moderation. Letter of Paul to the Romans, 12
lindaraquelita • A Catalog of Montaigne's Beam Inscriptions
If any man thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. Letter of Paul to the Galatians, 6[.3].
lindaraquelita • A Catalog of Montaigne's Beam Inscriptions
“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky
― Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dylano | Essayful • Tweet
I imagine many people could have achieved wisdom if they had not imagined they had already achieved it, if they had not dissembled about some of their own characteristics and turned a blind eye to others.
Seneca • On the Shortness of Life (Penguin Great Ideas)
“The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.” –Marcus Aurelius, 121–180 AD