If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEA man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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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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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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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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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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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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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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He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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Ambition is not a vice of little people.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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