There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
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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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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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them.
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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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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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Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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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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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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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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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
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