Presumption is our natural and original malady.

Michel de Montaigne · Essays, II, 12

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 · Essays, III, 9

When I dance, I dance; when I sleep, I sleep.

Michel de Montaigne · Essays, III, 13

I would also urge that care be taken to choose a guide with a well-made rather than a well-filled head.

Michel de Montaigne · The source reads: “I would also urge that care be taken to choose a guide [tutor] with a well-made rather than a well-filled head.” · On choosing a tutor

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Men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at.

John Berger · Ways of Seeing (1972), ch. 3

The truth doesn't fit into one heart, into one mind; truth is somehow splintered.

Svetlana Alexievich · The source reads: “It always troubled me that the truth doesn't fit into one heart, into one mind, that truth is somehow splintered. There's a lot of it, it is varied, and it is strewn about the world.” · Nobel Lecture (2015)

Many are in high place, and of renown: but mysteries are revealed unto the meek.

The Bible · Ecclesiasticus 3:19

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“Presumption is our natural and original malady.”

“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.”

“When I dance, I dance; when I sleep, I sleep.”

“I would also urge that care be taken to choose a guide with a well-made rather than a well-filled head.”

“Men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at.”

“The truth doesn't fit into one heart, into one mind; truth is somehow splintered.”

“Many are in high place, and of renown: but mysteries are revealed unto the meek.”