The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEMarriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
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Those who have compared our life to a dream were right… we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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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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If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately.
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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.
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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.
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