I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNENo wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.
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I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
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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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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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Few men have been admired of their familiars.
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The world is but a perpetual see-saw.
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I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.
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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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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
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There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
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We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.
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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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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 prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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