A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEI put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it.
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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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Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
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We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
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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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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
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We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.
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