If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEA man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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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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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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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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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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If a man urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it was he, because it was myself.
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How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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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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Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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