Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIf 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.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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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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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.
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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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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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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.
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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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Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
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The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
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Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.
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