Obstinacy and heat in sticking to one's opinions is the surest proof of stupidity. Is there anything so cocksure so immovable so disdainful so contemplative so solemn and serious as an ass?

Michel De Montaigne
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  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.

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