Michel de Montaigne: How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputation!

How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputation! — Michel de Montaigne

How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputation!

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Quelle vérité que ces montagnes bornent, qui est mensonge qui se tient au delà? — Michel de Montaigne
For a desperate disease a desperate cure. — Michel de Montaigne
Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm , and yet he will be making go — Michel de Montaigne
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears. — Michel de Montaigne
Thou hast come to draw men to union with Me, Not to drive them far away from Me, — Rumi
The word of man is the most durable of all material. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Les hommes vertueux ont seuls des amis. — Voltaire
One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who havnt and dont. — George Bernard Shaw
Leve fit quod bene fertur onus. — The burden which is well borne becomes light. Ovid
It is impossible to conceive of many without one. — Plato
Knowing not to have illusions is absolutely necessary in order to have dreams. — Fernando Pessoa
From a Child I was fond of Reading, and all the little Money that came into my H — Benjamin Franklin