Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEConfidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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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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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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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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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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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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Those who have compared our life to a dream were right… we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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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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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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