Il n'est si homme de bien, qu'il mette à l'examen des loix toutes ses actions et pensées, qui ne soit pendable dix fois en sa vie.( There is no man so good that if he placed all his actions and thoughts under the scrutiny of the laws, he would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.) Michel De Montaigne
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  1. When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always. - Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people. - Roy T. Bennett
  3. Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.] - Gautama Buddha
  4. How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world. - William Shakespeare
  5. I want to live my life in such a way that when I get out of bed in the morning, the devil says, "aw shit, he's up! - Steve Maraboli
More Quotes By Michel De Montaigne
  1. If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
  2. The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.
  3. I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.
  4. I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
  5. Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens.
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