There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThere is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
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If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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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.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.
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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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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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