A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNERejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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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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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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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.
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The thing I fear most is fear.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
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My trade and art is to live.
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The prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk – they are all part of the curriculum.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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