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Michel de Montaigne
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Which one of these four quotes is attributed to Michel de Montaigne?
→ A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
→ Great necessities call out great virtues.
→ Well begun is half done.
→ Nature does nothing uselessly.
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Pick the quote attributed to Michel de Montaigne.
→ Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.
→ Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
→ The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
→ It should be noted that children’s games are not merely games.
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Select the quotation attributed to Michel de Montaigne.
→ Where you find the laws most numerous, there you will find also the greatest injustice.
→ To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.
→ To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it.
→ The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows.
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One of these may be attributed to Michel de Montaigne. Which one?
→ Don’t allow your animal nature to rule your reason.
→ Were we as eloquent as angels we still would please people much more by listening rather than talking.
→ The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
→ An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.
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Which one of these belongs to Michel de Montaigne?
→ When you see a good person, think of becoming like him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.
→ There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love—every man works his oar voluntarily!
→ The question is not what you look at, but what you see.
→ Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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Can you identify the right quote belonging to Michel de Montaigne?
→ The business of wretches is wretched even in guarantee giving.
→ The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.
→ All nature wears one universal grin.
→ Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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Guess which of these quotes is attributed to Michel de Montaigne.
→ The test of any man lies in action.
→ Ground not upon dreams; you know they are ever contrary.
→ Remember, son, many a good story has been ruined by over-verification.
→ My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened.
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One of the following quotations belongs to Michel de Montaigne. Which one?
→ Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
→ The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
→ Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.
→ True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
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Can you guess which one of these belongs to Michel de Montaigne?
→ The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
→ We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
→ The first duty of a man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.
→ There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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Try to identify the quote attributed to Michel de Montaigne.
→ Know thyself.
→ If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.
→ Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.
→ Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
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