Michel de Montaigne on savor
Michel de Montaigne109 quotes“No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.”
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There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne Ambition is not a vice of little people.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
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More on savor
Every morning I awake torn between a desire to save the world and an inclination to savor it. This makes it hard to plan the day. But if we forget to savor the world, what possible reason do we have for saving it? In a way, the savoring must come first.
E. B. WhiteE. B. White Just being satisfied with Him and nothing else, immediately you scent the fragrance. There is a savor of the Lord. Something has been crushed, something has been broken, and there is a resulting odor of sweetness.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee A man obsessed: obsessed with perfection, sharing, aesthetics, taste, savoir-faire, and much more.
Alain DucasseAlain Ducasse Tolerance of diversity is imperative, because without it, life would lose its savor.
Alan BarthAlan Barth A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion.
Al PacinoAl Pacino Sip me in slowly savor me longer.
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