When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIgnorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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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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She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
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We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.
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Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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