If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEAn untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
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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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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 ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.
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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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The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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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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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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