The prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk – they are all part of the curriculum.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEMarriage 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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A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
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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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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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One may be humble out of pride.
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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.
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The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.
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