Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the mind as the wish … - Michel de Montaigne

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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the mind as the wish to forget it.

Michel de Montaigne

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Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem, lord of the manor of Montaigne, Dordogne) (28 February 1533 – 13 September 1592) was an influential French Renaissance writer, generally considered to be the inventor of the personal essay.

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Alternative Names: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne • Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha • Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha

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The mariner of old said to Neptune in a great tempest, "O God! thou mayest save me if thou wilt, and if thou wilt thou mayest destroy me; but whether or no, I will steer my rudder true."

The way of truth is one and artless: the way of private gain and success in such affairs as we are entrusted with is double, uneven and fortuitous.

No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the misfortune is to do it solemnly

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the mind as the wish to forget it. - Michel de Montaigne

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