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Michel de Montaigne109 quotes“Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.”
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Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne The prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk – they are all part of the curriculum.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man’s estate.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them… Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
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In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt The irony is that he broke the only person he never wanted to hurt.
Krishan PandeyKrishan Pandey I will wait, I am waiting, and I will love you with all the love I posses until this body is ash and I begin my search for you again.
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson Nothing is permanent not even your pain.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Do not insist me to let you go, you come half hearted like a crescent moon, and you go heart-filled like a full moon which glows.
Nikita GandhiNikita Gandhi I want to fold you into my book, like a petal, so that you’d never leave.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
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Victoria BeckhamVictoria Beckham It’s karma, baby. And it goes around.
Alicia KeysAlicia Keys I’m not playing around in 2016.
Deontay WilderDeontay Wilder I’m just a careful person around wheels and stuff like that. I try to be as cautious as I can, cause I lost friends to motorcycle accidents and car accidents. So I don’t ever play around anything like that.
Gucci ManeGucci Mane I’m not one to sit around and be satisfied about something. I can always get better.
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