If a man urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it was he, because it was myself.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIf there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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For truly it is to be noted, that children’s plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
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It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
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The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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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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When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
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Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
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It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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