Michel de Montaigne: My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened. — Michel de Montaigne

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

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The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage. — Michel de Montaigne
What if he has borrowed the matter and spoiled the form, as it oft falls out? — Michel de Montaigne
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories. — Michel de Montaigne
It is not death, it is dying that alarms me. — Michel de Montaigne
Couvrez ce sein que je ne saurais voir. Par de pareils objets les âmes sont bles — Molière
We have long struggles with ourself, of which the outcome is one of our actions; — Honoré de Balzac
Such as harm is when it hurts me not, is good which avails me not. — Leonardo da Vinci
Mucius put his hand into the fire. It is painful to be burned; but how much more — Seneca
Man darf nur alt werden, um milder zu sein; ich sehe keinen Fehler begehen, den — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
truovasi di miglio i(n) miglio bone osteriee. — Leonardo da Vinci
Quemadmodum omnium rerum, sic litterarum quoque intemperantia laboramus: non vit — Seneca
Delivered from the galling yoke of time. — William Wordsworth