There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.

Montaigne
Profession: Philosopher
Nationality: French

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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
If I am a man of some reading, I am a man of no retentiveness.
It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
Each man contains the entire pattern of the human condition.
Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens.
I had rather complain of ill-fortune than be ashamed of victory.
Our zeal works wonders, whenever it supports our inclination toward hatred, cruelty, ambition.