Author of quotes: Michel de Montaigne. Page 1
Valor is the strength not of our hands or feet, but of courage and soul; it does not depend on the qualities of our horse or weapon, but only on our own. The one who fell without betraying his courage, who, in the face of death threatening him, does not lose the ability to control himself, the one who, breathing his last, looks at his enemy with a firm and contemptuous gaze - he is defeated, but not defeated.
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Viker 07-12-2023 / 12:13
Being in uncertainty and anxiety generated in us by our inability to see and choose the most correct decision, since every business is fraught with difficulties due to all sorts of accidents and circumstances, in my opinion, the most reliable thing is to act as honestly and justly as possible; and when we are overcome by doubts about which path is the shortest, we always prefer the most direct one.
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Viker 07-12-2023 / 12:13
Every noble cause involves risk.
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Viker 07-12-2023 / 12:12
Our intentions are the judge of our actions.
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Viker 07-12-2023 / 12:12
We cannot be responsible for what is beyond our strength and capabilities.
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Viker 07-12-2023 / 12:12
There are things that are only hidden in order to be shown.
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Viker 07-12-2023 / 12:12
Who doesn’t understand how important it is for the state to raise children? And yet, without much thought, children are left to the mercy of their parents, no matter how eccentric and bad people they may be.
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Viker 05-12-2023 / 12:17
But it is better to be alone than among annoying and stupid people.
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Viker 05-12-2023 / 12:17
We have the right to sometimes lean on another, but not to fall on him with all our weight and support ourselves at the cost of his death.
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Viker 05-12-2023 / 12:16
Activity and observation are the qualities that most need to be cultivated in young people.
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MegaMozg 13-11-2023 / 04:30
If we want our children to love us, if we want to deprive them of any reason to want us dead, then we should wisely do everything in our power for them.
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MegaMozg 13-11-2023 / 04:27
Infertility also has its benefits. Children are one of those things that you don’t have to so ardently crave, and especially in our days, when it is so difficult to raise them to be respectable, but those who had them have to mourn their loss, and even really have to.
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MegaMozg 13-11-2023 / 04:24
Science is a great ornament and a very useful tool.
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MegaMozg 07-02-2023 / 03:54
The meaning of life is to leave yourself to yourself.
Quote Explanation: Quote from Matt Haig's How to Stop Time
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MegaMozg 13-12-2021 / 20:36
I speak the truth, but not as much as I would like, but as much as I dare, and with age I dare to speak a little more than before.
Quote Explanation: Quote from Matt Haig's How to Stop Time
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MegaMozg 13-12-2021 / 20:33
