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Michel de Montaigne Quotes: Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them if they will not apply themselves to me.
         

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them if they will not apply themselves to me.


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



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Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.



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This page presents the quote "Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them if they will not apply themselves to me.". Author of this quote is Michel de Montaigne. This quote is about temptation, able, expectations, events,.