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Michel de Montaigne Quotes

Michel de Montaigne quotes about memories

French Philosopher, Writer February 28, 1533 – September 13, 1592

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To compensate a little for the treachery and weakness of my memory, so extreme that it has happened to me more than once to pick up again...books which I have read carefully a few years before. I have adopted the habit for some time now of adding at the end of each book the time I finished reading it and the judgment I have derived of it as a whole, so that this may represent to me at least the sense and general idea I had conceived of the author in reading it. Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne quote: "Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should..."
Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie. Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne quote: "Excellent memories are often coupled with feeble judgments."
Excellent memories are often coupled with feeble judgments. Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne quote: "We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience..."
We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void. Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne quote: "Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish..."
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it. Michel de Montaigne

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