We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEIf there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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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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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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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 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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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way.
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The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
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