Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThere is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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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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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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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.
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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
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How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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