Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEThere is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it.
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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 is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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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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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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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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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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How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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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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The confidence in another man’s virtue is no light evidence of a man’s own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
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